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Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century

by Dorothy Roberts

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400 pages2 editions2011New PressISBN 9781595584953
GenomicsRaceSocial aspectsHuman population geneticsPolitical aspectsPhysical anthropologyEconomic aspectsHuman geneticsContinental Population GroupsGeneticsRacismHistoryPopulation geneticsAspect socialAspect politiqueAspect économiqueAnthropologie physiqueGénétique des populations humainesGénomiqueGénétique

About this book

Explores the ways science, politics, and large corporations affect race in the twenty-first century, discussing the efforts and results of the Human Genome Project, and describing how technology-driven science researchers are developing a genetic definition of race.

Publication Details

Publisher
New Press
Published
2011
Pages
400
ISBN
9781595584953
Language
en
Editions
2

About Dorothy Roberts

Law professor & scholar of race in social institutions.

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