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Genetic nature/culture : anthropology and science beyond the two-culture divide /

The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious--or more fraught with paradox--than in the burgeoning realm of genetics. A constructive response, and a welcome intervention, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Goodman, Alan H. (Editor ), Heath, Deborah, 1952- (Editor ), Lindee, M. Susan (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The so-called science wars pit science against culture, and nowhere is the struggle more contentious--or more fraught with paradox--than in the burgeoning realm of genetics. A constructive response, and a welcome intervention, this volume brings together biological and cultural anthropologists to conduct an interdisciplinary dialogue that provokes and instructs even as it bridges the science/culture divide.
Notas:Papers presented at a Wenner-Gren Foundation international symposium, held June 11-19, 1999 in Teresopolis, Brazil.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 311 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520929975
0520929977
0585456348
9780585456348
1597346314
9781597346313
9786612357107
661235710X