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245 10 a| Constructing race :b| the science of bodies and cultures in American anthropology /c| Tracy Teslow.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 2014.;

300 a| xiii, 399 pages ;c| 24 cm;

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520 a| "Racial Science helps unravel the complicated and intertwined history of race and science in America. Tracy Teslow explores how physical anthropologists in the twentieth century struggled to understand the complexity of human physical and cultural variation, and how their theories were disseminated to the public through art, museum exhibitions, books, and pamphlets. In their attempts to explain the history and nature of human peoples, anthropologists persistently saw both race and culture as critical components. This is at odds with a broadly accepted account that suggests racial science was fully rejected by scientists and the public following World War II. This book offers a corrective, showing that both race and culture informed how anthropologists and the public understood human variation from 1900 through the decades following the war. The book offers new insights into the work of Franz Boas, Ruth Benedict, and Ashley Montagu, as well as less well-known figures, including Harry Shapiro, Gene Weltfish, and Henry Field"--c| Provided by publisher.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Race, anthropology, and the American public : an introductory essay -- 2. Franz Boas and race : history, environment, heredity -- 3. Order for a disordered world : The Races of Mankind at the Field Museum of Natural History -- 4. Mounting The Races of Mankind: anthropology and art, race and culture -- 5. Harry Shapiro's Boasian racial science -- 6. Rejecting race, embracing man? : Ruth Benedict's race and culture -- 7. Alternatives to race? : ethnicity, genetics, biology -- 8. Conclusion.;

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Constructing race : the science of bodies and cultures in American anthropology / Tracy Teslow.

Author/creator	Teslow, Tracy, 1964-
Format	Book
Publication	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Description	xiii, 399 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Physical anthropology--United States. --History. --20th century. Race--Social aspects. --United States. --History. --20th century. Somatotypes--United States. --History. --20th century. Race awareness--United States. --History. --20th century. Racism in anthropology--United States. --History. --20th century.

Contents	Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Race, anthropology, and the American public : an introductory essay -- 2. Franz Boas and race : history, environment, heredity -- 3. Order for a disordered world : The Races of Mankind at the Field Museum of Natural History -- 4. Mounting The Races of Mankind: anthropology and art, race and culture -- 5. Harry Shapiro's Boasian racial science -- 6. Rejecting race, embracing man? : Ruth Benedict's race and culture -- 7. Alternatives to race? : ethnicity, genetics, biology -- 8. Conclusion.
Abstract	"Racial Science helps unravel the complicated and intertwined history of race and science in America. Tracy Teslow explores how physical anthropologists in the twentieth century struggled to understand the complexity of human physical and cultural variation, and how their theories were disseminated to the public through art, museum exhibitions, books, and pamphlets. In their attempts to explain the history and nature of human peoples, anthropologists persistently saw both race and culture as critical components. This is at odds with a broadly accepted account that suggests racial science was fully rejected by scientists and the public following World War II. This book offers a corrective, showing that both race and culture informed how anthropologists and the public understood human variation from 1900 through the decades following the war. The book offers new insights into the work of Franz Boas, Ruth Benedict, and Ashley Montagu, as well as less well-known figures, including Harry Shapiro, Gene Weltfish, and Henry Field"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2013039525
ISBN	9781107011731 (hardback)
ISBN	1107011736 (hardback)
Standard identifier#	40023934395

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