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From Savage to Negro : Anthropology and the Construction of Race, 1896-1954 by Lee D. Baker (1998, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520211685
ISBN-139780520211681
eBay Product ID (ePID)896671
Product Key Features
Number of Pages313 Pages
Publication NameFrom Savage to Negro : Anthropology and the Construction of Race, 1896-1954
LanguageEnglish
SubjectDiscrimination & Race Relations, Sociology / General, Social History, Popular Culture, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General, United States / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year1998
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
AuthorLee D. Baker
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN97-031602
ReviewsThrough its interrogation of anthropological and political discourses about race and racial formation, From Savage to Negro topples historical myths about the nation's legacy of state-sanctioned segregation and racial difference.
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal305.8
Table Of ContentLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introduction Chapter 1 History and Theory of a Racialized Worldview Chapter 2 The Ascension of Anthropology as Social Darwinism Chapter 3 Anthropology in American Popular Culture Chapter 4 Progressive-Era Reform: Holding on to Hierarchy Chapter 5 Rethinking Race at the Turn of the Century: W.E.B. Du Bois and Franz Boas Chapter 6 The New Negro and Cultural Politics of Race Chapter 7 Looking behind the Veil with the Spy Glass of Anthropology
SynopsisLee D. Baker explores what racial categories mean to the American public and how these meanings are reinforced by anthropology, popular culture, and the law. Focusing on the period between two landmark Supreme Court decisions- Plessy v. Ferguson (the so-called "separate but equal" doctrine established in 1896) and Brown v. Board of Education (the public school desegregation decision of 1954)-Baker shows how racial categories change over time. Baker paints a vivid picture of the relationships between specific African American and white scholars, who orchestrated a paradigm shift within the social sciences from ideas based on Social Darwinism to those based on cultural relativism. He demonstrates that the greatest impact on the way the law codifies racial differences has been made by organizations such as the NAACP, which skillfully appropriated the new social science to exploit the politics of the Cold War., Lee D. Baker explores what racial categories mean to the American public and how these meanings are reinforced by anthropology, popular culture, and the law. Focusing on the period between two landmark Supreme Court decisions-- Plessy v. Ferguson (the so-called "separate but equal" doctrine established in 1896) and Brown v. Board of Education (the public school desegregation decision of 1954)--Baker shows how racial categories change over time. Baker paints a vivid picture of the relationships between specific African American and white scholars, who orchestrated a paradigm shift within the social sciences from ideas based on Social Darwinism to those based on cultural relativism. He demonstrates that the greatest impact on the way the law codifies racial differences has been made by organizations such as the NAACP, which skillfully appropriated the new social science to exploit the politics of the Cold War., Lee D. Baker explores what racial categories mean to the American public and how these meanings are reinforced by anthropology, popular culture, and the law. Focusing on the period between two landmark Supreme Court decisions--Plessy v. Ferguson(the so-called "separate but equal" doctrine established in 1896) andBrown v. Board of Education(the public school desegregation decision of 1954)--Baker shows how racial categories change over time. Baker paints a vivid picture of the relationships between specific African American and white scholars, who orchestrated a paradigm shift within the social sciences from ideas based on Social Darwinism to those based on cultural relativism. He demonstrates that the greatest impact on the way the law codifies racial differences has been made by organizations such as the NAACP, which skillfully appropriated the new social science to exploit the politics of the Cold War.
LC Classification Number97-31602
