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Man's most dangerous myth : the fallacy of race
Title:
Man's most dangerous myth : the fallacy of race
Author:
Montagu, Ashley, 1905-1999.
Personal Author:
Edition:
Sixth edition.
Publication Information:
Walnut Creek : AltaMira Press, [1997]

©1997
Physical Description:
699 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language:
English
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.
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ISBN:
9780803946477

9780803946484
Format :
Book