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Mixing races : from scientific racism to modern evolutionary ideas /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farber, Paul Lawrence, 1944-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Series:Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of science.
Subjects:
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Miscegenation > United States > History > 20th century.
Interracial marriage > United States > History > 20th century.
Interpersonal relationships and culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Human population genetics > Social aspects > United States.
Science > Social aspects > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • A mixed-race couple in the 1960s
  • Scientific ideas on race mixing
  • Challenges to opinions on race mixing
  • The modern synthesis
  • The modern synthesis meets physical anthropology and legal opinion
  • University campuses in the 1960s
  • Science, "race," and "race mixing" today.