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The nature of difference : sciences of race in the United States from Jefferson to genomics / edited by Evelynn M. Hammonds and Rebecca M. Herzig. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008. - xv, 380 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Dictionary definitions of "race" -- Anatomical observations -- Immunity and contagion -- Evolution and degeneration -- Techniques of measurement -- Glandular differences -- Hybridity and admixture -- Toward genetics -- The end of race?

ISBN: 9780262083751 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0262083752 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780262582759 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0262582759 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007032265

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA847602 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014566462 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Race--Study and teaching--History.--United States
Race--Study and teaching--History--United States--Sources.
Science--Social aspects--History.--United States
Science--Social aspects--History--United States--Sources.
Difference (Psychology)--Social aspects--History.--United States
Difference (Psychology)--Social aspects--History--United States--Sources.
Race awareness--History.--United States
Race awareness--History--United States--Sources.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Race relations--History.
United States--Race relations--History--Sources.

LC Class. No.: HT1506 / .N38 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 305.8 / NAT