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Man's most dangerous myth : the fallacy of race / Ashley Montagu.

By: Publication details: Walnut Creek : AltaMira Press, c1997.Edition: 6th edDescription: 699 p. : maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0803946473 (cloth)
  • 0803946481 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 599.97 21
LOC classification:
  • GN280 .M59 1997
Contents:
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.

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.

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