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Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview

by Audrey Smedley

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"In Race in North America, Audrey Smedley shows that "race" is a cultural invention that has been used variously and opportunistically since the eighteenth century. Race, in its origin, was not a product of science but of a folk ideology reflecting a new form of social stratification and a rationalization for inequality among the peoples of North America. New coauthor Brian Smedley joins Audrey Smedley in updating this renowned and groundbreaking text. The fourth edition includes a show more compelling new chapter on the health impacts of the racial worldview, as well as a thoroughly rewritten chapter that explores the election of Barack Obama and the evolving role of race in American political history. This edition also incorporates recent findings on the human genome and the implications of genomics. Drawing on new understandings of DNA expression, the authors scrutinize the positions of contemporary race scientists who maintain that race is a valid biological concept"-- show less

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Audrey Smedley is professor emerita of anthropology and African-American studies at Virginia Commonwealth University

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Dedication: For my Grandchildren
Who have brought so much
Love and Joy.

I pray that their world
Will be one where the Racial
Worldview no longer exists
As an obstacle to Human Freedom.
Blurbers: Rosen, Robyn; Page, Enoch; Baram, Uzi

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Languages: English
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Published: 1993
Genres: Anthropology, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature
DDC/MDS: 305.8
LCC: GN269 .S63

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