Until Darwin, Science, Human Variety and the Origins of Race

By:

B Ricardo Brown

Language: English Publication details: Oxford Routledge 20160121Edition: 1Description: 224 pISBN:

9781138661448

Summary: This work fills a gap in recent studies on the history of race and science. Focusing on both the classification systems of human variety and the development of science as the arbiter of truth, Brown looks at the rise of the emerging sciences of life and society – biology and sociology – as well as the debate surrounding slavery and abolition.

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This work fills a gap in recent studies on the history of race and science. Focusing on both the classification systems of human variety and the development of science as the arbiter of truth, Brown looks at the rise of the emerging sciences of life and society – biology and sociology – as well as the debate surrounding slavery and abolition.

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