Outcasts from Evolution: Scientific Attitudes of Racial Inferiority, 1859–1900
Outcasts from Evolution: Scientific Attitudes of Racial Inferiority, 1859–1900
Haller examines the scientific "proof" of racial inferiority in the US during the period between the 1859 publication of Darwin's Origin of Species and the discovery in 1900 of Gregor Mendel's experiments with genetics. He shows how scientists sought to apply evolutionary ideas to morality, health, and the physiognomy of nonwhite races, and looks at the relationship between scientific theories and public policy.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- SIU Press
- Year
- 1995
- ISBN-13
- 9780809319824
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Scientific racismEvolutionary theory and race19th-century American science
Awards
- Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardWon(1972)
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