Foreign Bodies : Oceania and the Science of Race 1750–1940
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Douglas, Bronwen; Ballard, Chris
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From the 18th century, Oceania became the principal laboratory of raciology for scholars, voyagers, and colonisers alike. By juxtaposing encounters and theory, this magisterial book explores the semantics of human difference in all its emotional, intellectual, religious, and practical dimensions. The argument developed is subtle, engrossing, and gives the paradigm of ‘race’ its full use value. Foreign Bodies is a model of analysis and erudition from which historians of science and everyone...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Douglas, Bronwen | |
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dc.contributor.author | Ballard, Chris | |
dc.contributor.editor | Douglas, Bronwen | |
dc.contributor.editor | Ballard, Chris | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-29T00:36:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-06-29T00:36:30Z | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9781921313998 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/238312 | |
dc.description.abstract | From the 18th century, Oceania became the principal laboratory of raciology for scholars, voyagers, and colonisers alike. By juxtaposing encounters and theory, this magisterial book explores the semantics of human difference in all its emotional, intellectual, religious, and practical dimensions. The argument developed is subtle, engrossing, and gives the paradigm of ‘race’ its full use value. Foreign Bodies is a model of analysis and erudition from which historians of science and everyone interested in intercultural relations will greatly profit. | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.publisher | ANU Press | |
dc.rights | © 2008 ANU Press | |
dc.title | Foreign Bodies : Oceania and the Science of Race 1750–1940 | |
dc.type | Book | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
local.publisher.url | https://press.anu.edu.au/ | |
local.type.status | Metadata only | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 1 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 352 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.22459/FB.11.2008 | |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access via publisher website | |
Collections | ANU Press (1965-Present) |
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