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1 Online-Ressource (163 pages)
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Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0813149088
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9780813149080
Inhalt:
In this thought-provoking reexamination of the history of ""racial science"" Vernon J. Williams argues that all current theories of race and race relations can be understood as extensions of or reactions to the theories formulated during the first half of the twentieth century. Williams explores these theories in a carefully crafted analysis of Franz Boas and his influence upon his contemporaries, especially W.E.B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, George W. Ellis, and Robert E. Park. Historians have long recognized the monumental role Franz Boas played in eviscerating the racist worldview that pr
Inhalt:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Franz Uri Boas's Paradox; 2 Boas and the African American Intelligentsia; 3 The Myths of Africa in the Writings of Booker T. Washington; 4 W.E.B. Du Bois, George W Ellis, and the Reconstruction of the Image of Africa; 5 Robert Ezra Park and American Race and Class Relations; Conclusion; Appendix: Toward an Ecumenical Mythistory; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780813119632
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Williams, Vernon J., Jr Rethinking Race : Franz Boas and His Contemporaries Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 ISBN 9780813119632
Sprache:
Englisch
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