num_pages: 686
description: A comprehensive account of the origins of scientific racism in the Industrial Revolution, its theorists and propagandists, its malign influence on public policy, and its destructive effects on past and present American life
language: English
title: The Legacy of Malthus: The Social Costs of the New Scientific Racism
titlecomplete: The Legacy of Malthus: The Social Costs of the New Scientific Racism
genres: History, Science, Philosophy, Race, Politics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 14
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
publisher: University of Illinois Press