Race : an introduction / Peter Wade
By: Wade, Peter.
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015Description: xii, 261 pages ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107034112; 9781107652286.Subject(s): Race | Genetics | SociobiologyGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 305.8Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | GN269 .W22 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000005561 |
Includes bibliographical references and index
Machine generated contents note: 1. Knowing 'race'; Part I. Race in Time: 2. Early approaches to understanding human variation; 3. From Enlightenment to eugenics; 4. Biology, culture and genomics; 5. Race in the era of cultural racism: politics and the everyday; Part II. Race in Practice: 6. Latin America: mixture and racism; 7. The United States and South Africa: segregation and desegregation; 8. Race in Europe: immigration and nation; 9. Conclusion
"Taking a comparative approach, this textbook is a concise introduction to race. Illustrated with detailed examples from around the world, it is organised into two parts. Part One explores the historical changes in ideas about race from the ancient world to the present day, in different corners of the globe. Part Two outlines the ways in which racial difference and inequality are perceived and enacted in selected regions of the world"-- Provided by publisher