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Racial Science in Hitler´s New Europe, 1938-1945

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Description for Racial Science in Hitler´s New Europe, 1938-1945 Paperback. Examines the scientific foundations that European countries laid for ethnic discrimination, the attempted annihilation of Jews, and the elimination of other so-called inferior peoples Editor(s): Weiss-Wendt, Anton; Yeomans, Rory. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.

In Racial Science in Hitler’s New Europe, 1938–1945, international scholars examine the theories of race that informed the legal, political, and social policies aimed against ethnic minorities in Nazi-dominated Europe. The essays explicate how racial science, preexisting racist sentiments, and pseudoscientific theories of race that were preeminent in interwar Europe ultimately facilitated Nazi racial designs for a “New Europe.”

The volume examines racial theories in a number of European nation-states in order to understand racial thinking at large, the origins of the Holocaust, and the history of ethnic discrimination in each of those countries. The essays, by uncovering neglected layers of ... Read more

 Written by rising scholars who are new to English-language audiences, this work examines the scientific foundations that central, eastern, northern, and southern European countries laid for ethnic discrimination, the attempted annihilation of Jews, and the elimination of other so-called inferior peoples.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Series
Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803245075
SKU
V9780803245075
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About Anton Weiss-Wendt
Anton Weiss-Wendt is the head of the research department at the Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities in Oslo, Norway. He is the author of Murder without Hatred: Estonians and the Holocaust. Rory Yeomans is the senior international research analyst at the International Directorate of the UK Ministry of Justice. He is the author of Visions ... Read more

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""An important text for Holocaust scholars.""—C. Pinto, CHOICE

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