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Melville J. Herskovits : and the racial politics of knowledge

Title: Melville J. Herskovits : and the racial politics of knowledge / Jerry Gershenhorn.
Author: Gershenhorn, Jerry.
Publication: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2004.

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Description

xvii, 338 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Critical studies in the history of anthropology

Alternative Title

Melville J. Herskovits and the racial politics of knowledge

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-327) and index.

Contents

The making of an anthropologist -- The attack on pseudoscientific racism -- Transforming the debate on Black culture -- Subverting the myth of the Negro past -- Objectivity and the development of Negro studies -- The postwar expansion of African studies -- Foreign policy critic.

Call Number

JFE 04-5045

ISBN

0803221878 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2003016335

OCLC

52799586

Author

Gershenhorn, Jerry.

Title

Melville J. Herskovits : and the racial politics of knowledge / Jerry Gershenhorn.

Imprint

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2004.

Series

Critical studies in the history of anthropology

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-327) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 04-5045

Sc E 04-304

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