In the museum of man : race, anthropology, and empire in France, 1850-1950 /

Conklin, Alice L.

In the museum of man : race, anthropology, and empire in France, 1850-1950 / Alice L. Conklin. - 1 online resource (389 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Races, bones, and artifacts : a general science of man in the nineteenth century -- Toward a new synthesis : the birth of academic ethnology -- Ethnology for the masses : the making of the Musee de l'homme -- Skulls on display : anti-racism, racism, and racial science -- Ethnology : a colonial form of knowledge? -- From the study to the field : ethnologists in the empire -- Ethnologists at war : Vichy and the race question -- Conclusion : race as myth : UNESCO's new humanism and beyond.

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Anthropology--History.--France
Ethnology--History.--France
Imperialism--Social aspects--History.--France
Race--Social aspects.


Electronic books.

GN17.3.F8 / C66 2013

301.0944