From Savage to Negro: Anthropology and the Construction of Race, 1896-1954

by Lee D. Baker

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520211685

ISBN13:9780520211681

Release Date:November 1998

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:313 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Anthropology Cultural Ethnic Studies Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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