Races of Europe

Construction of National Identities in the Social Sciences, 1839-1939

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Anthropological race classifiers produced parallel geographies, histories and hierarchies of European peoples that were crucial to the creation of national identities and to the overtly political race discourses of eugenics and popular racist ideologues. Racial national character stereotypes meanwhile supported competing political ideologies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-11-22
Mått148 x 210 x 32 mm
Vikt752 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor466
Upplaga16001
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230363199

Tillhör följande kategorier

Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Antropologi inom Samhalle och politik
Etnicitet inom Samhalle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhalle och politik
Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi

Illustrations. - Acknowledgements. - Introduction: Rediscovering a lost science. - PART I: NETWORKS, METHODS AND NARRATIVES. - Part 1: Networks, methods and narratives. - 1. Race classifiers and anthropologists. - 2. How Classification Worked. - 3. European Race Classifications: Anthropology, Ethnicity and Politics. - PART II: PERIPHERAL CASE STUDIES. - 4. The Irish dilemma: Nineteenth-century science and Celtic identity. - 5. Poland: Scientific independence and Nordicism. - 6. Between International Science and Nationalism: Interwar Romanian race science. - Conclusion. - Epilogue. - Genetics: race classification redux?. - Bibliography. - Atlas