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Racial Science and British Society, 1930-62
Gavin Schaffer
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Description for Racial Science and British Society, 1930-62
Hardback. From 1930-62 the idea of race was studied across a range of academic disciplines. This book explores expert thinkings on race in the period and explains the relationship between scientific racial research, social policy and attitudes regarding immigration, ultimately offering new insight into the evolving understanding of the idea of race. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
From 1930-62 the idea of race was studied across a range of academic disciplines. This book explores expert thinkings on race in the period and explains the relationship between scientific racial research, social policy and attitudes regarding immigration, ultimately offering new insight into the evolving understanding of the idea of race.
From 1930-62 the idea of race was studied across a range of academic disciplines. This book explores expert thinkings on race in the period and explains the relationship between scientific racial research, social policy and attitudes regarding immigration, ultimately offering new insight into the evolving understanding of the idea of race.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230008922
SKU
V9780230008922
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99-15
About Gavin Schaffer
GAVIN SCHAFFER is a Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Portsmouth. He has published widely on the subjects of racial science and immigration policy. He is also co-editor (with Monica Riera) of The Lasting War: Society and Identity in Britain, France and Germany after 1945 and serves as Associate Editor of the Immigrants and Minorities journal. ... Read more
Reviews for Racial Science and British Society, 1930-62
'A genuinely original and important contribution to the history of race in Britain, which really does what the title promises. Schaffer's analysis goes way beyond the standard history of ideas/institutions approach to race science and shows how scientists both drove and responded to broader social attitudes on race.' - Dan Stone, Royal Holloway University of London, UK ... Read more