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From savage to Negro : anthropology and the construction of race, 1896-1954 /

Lee D. Baker explores what racial categories mean to the American public and how these meanings are reinforced by anthropology, popular culture, and the law. Focusing on the period between two landmark Supreme Court decisions-Plessy v. Ferguson (the so-called "separate but equal" doctrine...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baker, Lee D., 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Lee D. Baker explores what racial categories mean to the American public and how these meanings are reinforced by anthropology, popular culture, and the law. Focusing on the period between two landmark Supreme Court decisions-Plessy v. Ferguson (the so-called "separate but equal" doctrine established in 1896) and Brown v. Board of Education (the public school desegregation decision of 1954)-Baker shows how racial categories change over time. Baker paints a vivid picture of the relationships between specific African American and white scholars, who orchestrated a paradigm shift within the social
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 325 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-311) and index.
ISBN:9780520920194
0520920198
0585047731
9780585047737
9780520211681
0520211685