TY - BOOK AU - Sussman,Robert W. TI - The myth of race: the troubling persistence of an unscientific idea SN - 9780674417311 AV - HT1521 .S83 2014 U1 - 305.8 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - Harvard University Press KW - Race KW - Racism N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Early racism in western Europe -- The birth of eugenics -- The merging of polygenics and eugenics -- Eugenics and the Nazis -- The antidote : Boas and the anthropological concept of culture -- Physical anthropology in the early twentieth century -- The downfall of eugenics -- The beginnings of modern scientific racism -- The Pioneer Fund, 1970s-1990s -- The Pioneer Fund in the twenty-first century -- Modern racism and anti-immigration policies -- Conclusion -- Appendix A : The eugenics movement, 1890s-1940s -- Appendix B : The Pioneer Fund ER -