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Author Montagu, Ashley, 1905-1999.

Title Man's most dangerous myth : the fallacy of race / Ashley Montagu.

Imprint Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, ©1997.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection Harmon  599.97 M76m 1997    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition 6th ed., student ed.
Description 302 pages ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Includes index.
Contents The origin of the concept of race -- The fallaciousness of the older anthropological conception of race -- The genetical theory of race -- The biological facts -- Natural selection and the mental capacities of humankind -- The mythology of race, or for whom the bell tolls -- Race and society -- Biological and social factors -- Psychological factors -- The creative power of ethnic mixture -- Eugenics, genetics and race -- Race and culture -- Race and war -- Race and blood -- Innate aggression and race -- Myths relating to the physical traits of Blacks -- Are the Jews a race? -- The first Americans -- The meaning of equal opportunity -- Race and democracy -- Racism and social action -- Sociocultural behavioral influences -- Intelligence, IQ, and race.
Subject Race relations.
Race.
Race. (OCoLC)fst01086436
Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
ISBN 0803946473 (hbk.)
9780803946477
0803946481 (pbk.)
9780803946484

 
    
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