Fatal invention : how science, politics, and big business re-create race in the twenty-first century / Dorothy Roberts.

Author/creator Roberts, Dorothy, 1956-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxii, 388 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Subjects

Contents Part I: believing in race in the genomic age -- Part II: the new racial science -- Part III: the new racial technology -- Part IV: the new biopolitics of of race.
Abstract Explores the ways science, politics, and large corporations affect race in the twenty-first century, discussing the efforts and results of the Human Genome Project, and describing how technology-driven science researchers are developing a genetic definition of race.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011012830
ISBN9781595584953
ISBN1595584951