Genetics and the Unsettled Past: The Collison Between DNA, Race, and History (Rutgers Studies on Race and Ethnicity)
Brand: Rutgers University Press
Categories: Books, Science & Math, Evolution


Used Book in Good Condition

Dimensions: 6.13 x 0.9 x 9.25 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0813552552
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0813552559
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Print length: 370 pages
Publication date: March 15, 2012
subtitle: Paperback – Illustrated, March 15, 2012
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review: Editorial Reviews Review "This sterling and absolutely needed collection probes the political and historical meanings of DNA, shaping our understanding of human connections and ourselves. Arguing for a multidisciplinary approach to these contentious concerns, this book should be widely read and discussed…a masterpiece." Susan M. Reverby, Wellesley College "Intellectually and analytically strong, this volume comes together in a fluid melding of many different voices and perspectives that, when taken together, provide the richest and best collection of scholarship on the topic." Troy Duster, author of Backdoor to Eugenics "Few collections have so successfully straddled the divide between biology and humanities in relation to race. This work will be widely read and cited." Jay S. Kaufman, McGill University About the Author KEITH WAILOO is the Townsend Martin Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University and the author or editor of several books, including Katrina's Imprint: Race and Vulnerability in America (Rutgers University Press), How Cancer Crossed the Color Line , and Dying in the City of the Blues: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health . ALONDRA NELSON is an associate professor of sociology and gender studies at Columbia University. She is the author of Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination and coeditor of Technicolor: Race, Technology, and Everyday Life . CATHERINE LEE is an assistant professor of sociology and a faculty associate at the Institute for Health at Rutgers University. She is completing a book entitled Fictive Kin: Family Reunification and the Meaning of Race in Immigration Policy .