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Science, race relations and resistance : Britain, 1870-1914 /

By exploring the dimensions of race, race relations and resistance, this book offers a new account of the British Empire's greatest failure and its most disturbing legacy. Using a wide range of published and archival sources, this study of racial discourse from 1870 to 1914 argues that race, th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lorimer, Douglas A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2013.
Colección:Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Introduction
  • 1. Rethinking Victorian racism
  • 2. Imperial contradictions : assimilation and separate development
  • part II. Science and race
  • 3. From institutional foundations to applied anthropology, 1871-1914
  • 4. Race, popular science and empire
  • part III. The language of race relations
  • 5. From colour prejudice to race relations
  • 6. The colour question : 'The greatest difficulty in the British Empire' (1900-14)
  • part IV. Resistance
  • 7. Resistance : initiatives and obstacles, 1870-1914
  • 8. Conclusion.