Peter Wade

Race

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An introduction to race that compares diverse historical and regional contexts, illustrated with numerous examples from daily life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 662g
• ISBN-13: 9781107034112
• ISBN-10: 1107034116
• Artikelnr.: 42548714

Autorenporträt

Peter Wade is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Race and Ethnicity in Latin America (Pluto, 2010), Race and Sex in Latin America (Pluto, 2009) and Race, Nature and Culture (Pluto, 2002).

Inhaltsangabe

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.