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

By: Conklin, Alice LMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (389 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780801469046Subject(s): Anthropology -- France -- History | Ethnology -- France -- History | Imperialism -- Social aspects -- France -- History | Race -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: In the museum of man : race, anthropology, and empire in France, 1850-1950.DDC classification: 301.0944 LOC classification: GN17.3.F8 | C66 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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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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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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