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Anthropology at war : World War I and the science of race in Germany /

Between 1914 and 1918, German anthropologists conducted their work in the midst of full-scale war but its development was profoundly altered by the conflict. Combining intellectual and cultural history with the history of science, this book examines both the origins and consequences of this shift.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evans, Andrew D. (Andrew David), 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Institutionalizing the "most recent science" : anthropology in the world of German learning at the fin de siècle
  • The meaning of race : the liberal paradigm in prewar German anthropology
  • Nationalism and mobilization in wartime anthropology, 1914-18
  • "Among foreign peoples" : racial studies of POWs during World War I
  • Capturing race : anthropology and photography in POW camps during World War I
  • Anthropology in the aftermath : Rassenkunde, racial hygiene, and the end of the liberal tradition.