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The Races of Europe: Construction of National Identities in the Social Sciences, 1839-1939
Richard McMahon
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Hardback. Num Pages: 466 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 220 x 32. Weight in Grams: 752.
This book explores a vital but neglected chapter in the histories of nationalism, racism and science. It is the first comprehensive study of the transnational scientific community that in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries attempted to classify Europe's biological races. Anthropological race classifiers produced parallel geographies, histories and hierarchies of European peoples that were crucial to the creation of national identities and to the overtly political race discourses of eugenics and popular racist ideologues. They lent nationalism the invaluable prestige of natural science, and traced the histories, conflicts and relationships of `national races' back into prehistory. Racial national character ... Read more
This book explores a vital but neglected chapter in the histories of nationalism, racism and science. It is the first comprehensive study of the transnational scientific community that in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries attempted to classify Europe's biological races. Anthropological race classifiers produced parallel geographies, histories and hierarchies of European peoples that were crucial to the creation of national identities and to the overtly political race discourses of eugenics and popular racist ideologues. They lent nationalism the invaluable prestige of natural science, and traced the histories, conflicts and relationships of `national races' back into prehistory. Racial national character ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
752g
Number of Pages
466
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230363199
SKU
V9780230363199
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About Richard McMahon
Dr Richard McMahon is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Portsmouth, UK, where he studies the transnational networks and political narratives of EU Studies. He has published several edited volumes on both race science and European integration and worked at University College Cork, Ireland, and the University of Bristol, UK.
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