Man's most dangerous myth : the fallacy of race /
Montagu, Ashley, 1905-1999.
Man's most dangerous myth : the fallacy of race / Ashley Montagu. - 6th ed. - Walnut Creek : AltaMira Press, c1997. - 699 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-678) and index.
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.
0803946473 (cloth) 0803946481 (pbk.)
97021132
Race.
Race relations.
GN280 / .M59 1997
599.97
Man's most dangerous myth : the fallacy of race / Ashley Montagu. - 6th ed. - Walnut Creek : AltaMira Press, c1997. - 699 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-678) and index.
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.
0803946473 (cloth) 0803946481 (pbk.)
97021132
Race.
Race relations.
GN280 / .M59 1997
599.97