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TY  - BOOK
ID  - 77883823
TI  - The nature of race
PY  - 2011
SN  - 1283278405 9786613278401 0520950143 9780520950146 9780520270305 0520270304 9780520270312 0520270312 9781283278409
PB  - Berkeley  University of California Press
DB  - UniCat
KW  - Race.
KW  - Racism in anthropology.
KW  - Racism in education.
KW  - Racism in textbooks.
KW  - Race
KW  - Racism in anthropology
KW  - Racism in education
KW  - Racism in textbooks
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Social Sciences
KW  - Physical Anthropology
KW  - Discrimination in education
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - Education
KW  - Physical anthropology
KW  - Racisme en anthropologie
KW  - Racisme en éducation
KW  - Racisme dans les manuels d'enseignement supérieur
KW  - america.
KW  - ancestry.
KW  - anthropologists.
KW  - anthropology.
KW  - biological sciences.
KW  - biologists.
KW  - contemporary society.
KW  - critical analysis.
KW  - dna testing.
KW  - education system.
KW  - genetics.
KW  - human biology.
KW  - human differences.
KW  - nonfiction.
KW  - physiology.
KW  - race and culture.
KW  - race in america.
KW  - racial differences.
KW  - racial issues.
KW  - researchers.
KW  - scientific perspective.
KW  - scientists.
KW  - social constructs.
KW  - sociologists.
KW  - sociology.
KW  - students.
KW  - textbooks.
KW  - theoretical.
KW  - us government.
UR  - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77883823
AB  - What do Americans think "race" means? What determines one's race-appearance, ancestry, genes, or culture? How do education, government, and business influence our views on race? To unravel these complex questions, Ann Morning takes a close look at how scientists are influencing ideas about race through teaching and textbooks. Drawing from in-depth interviews with biologists, anthropologists, and undergraduates, Morning explores different conceptions of race-finding for example, that while many sociologists now assume that race is a social invention or "construct," anthropologists and biologists are far from such a consensus. She discusses powerful new genetic accounts of race, and considers how corporations and the government use scientific research-for example, in designing DNA ancestry tests or census questionnaires-in ways that often reinforce the idea that race is biologically determined. Widening the debate about race beyond the pages of scholarly journals, The Nature of Race dissects competing definitions in straightforward language to reveal the logic and assumptions underpinning today's claims about human difference.
ER  -