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- catalog abstract "Unlike other critiques of the scientific literature on racial difference, The Science and Politics of Racial Research argues that there has been no scientific purpose or value to the study of innate differences in ability between groups. William Tucker shows how, for more than a century, scientific investigations of supposedly innate differences in ability between races have been used to rationalize social and political inequality as the unavoidable consequence of natural differences. Tucker structures his work chronologically, with each chapter describing how research on genetic difference was used in a particular era to support a particular political agenda. He begins with the use of science to support slavery in the mid-nineteenth century and ends with the effects of Jensenism in the 1970s. Highlights include one chapter describing a little-known but concerted attempt by a group of scientists to overturn the Brown v. Board of Education decision on the basis of "expert testimony" about racial differences, and another that presents a review of the eugenics movement in the twentieth century. The author also considers how to balance the rights and responsibilities of scientists, concluding that one generally neglected method is to strengthen the rights of research subjects.".
- catalog contributor b6560622.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "1. "Helping Along the Process": Science and Race in the Nineteenth Century -- 2. For a Twentieth the Cost: Sir Francis Galton and the Origin of Eugenics -- 3. Applying Science to Society: The Eugenics Movement in the Early Twentieth Century -- 4. Science Giveth and It Taketh Away: The Scientific Controversy over Integration -- 5. "Unaided by Eugenic Foresight": The Controversy over Jensenism.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Unlike other critiques of the scientific literature on racial difference, The Science and Politics of Racial Research argues that there has been no scientific purpose or value to the study of innate differences in ability between groups. William Tucker shows how, for more than a century, scientific investigations of supposedly innate differences in ability between races have been used to rationalize social and political inequality as the unavoidable consequence of natural differences. Tucker structures his work chronologically, with each chapter describing how research on genetic difference was used in a particular era to support a particular political agenda. He begins with the use of science to support slavery in the mid-nineteenth century and ends with the effects of Jensenism in the 1970s. Highlights include one chapter describing a little-known but concerted attempt by a group of scientists to overturn the Brown v. Board of Education decision on the basis of "expert testimony" about racial differences, and another that presents a review of the eugenics movement in the twentieth century. The author also considers how to balance the rights and responsibilities of scientists, concluding that one generally neglected method is to strengthen the rights of research subjects.".
- catalog extent "x, 371 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Science and politics of racial research.".
- catalog identifier "0252020995 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Science and politics of racial research.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog relation "Science and politics of racial research.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "England.".
- catalog spatial "Germany".
- catalog spatial "Germany.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "2006 A-937".
- catalog subject "305.8/00973 20".
- catalog subject "Behavioral Research England History.".
- catalog subject "Behavioral Research Germany History.".
- catalog subject "Behavioral Research United States History.".
- catalog subject "Eugenics England History.".
- catalog subject "Eugenics Germany History.".
- catalog subject "Eugenics United States History.".
- catalog subject "Galton, Francis, 1822-1911.".
- catalog subject "Genetic Research England History.".
- catalog subject "Genetic Research Germany History.".
- catalog subject "Genetic Research United States History.".
- catalog subject "Genetics, Behavioral England History.".
- catalog subject "Genetics, Behavioral Germany History.".
- catalog subject "Genetics, Behavioral United States History.".
- catalog subject "HQ 755.5.U5T83 T895s 1994".
- catalog subject "HQ755.5.U5 T83 1994".
- catalog subject "History, 19th Century England.".
- catalog subject "History, 19th Century Germany.".
- catalog subject "History, 19th Century United States.".
- catalog subject "History, 20th Century England.".
- catalog subject "History, 20th Century Germany.".
- catalog subject "History, 20th Century United States.".
- catalog subject "Jensen, Arthur Robert.".
- catalog subject "Prejudice England.".
- catalog subject "Prejudice Germany.".
- catalog subject "Prejudice United States.".
- catalog subject "Racism United States History.".
- catalog subject "Shockley, William, 1910-1989.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. "Helping Along the Process": Science and Race in the Nineteenth Century -- 2. For a Twentieth the Cost: Sir Francis Galton and the Origin of Eugenics -- 3. Applying Science to Society: The Eugenics Movement in the Early Twentieth Century -- 4. Science Giveth and It Taketh Away: The Scientific Controversy over Integration -- 5. "Unaided by Eugenic Foresight": The Controversy over Jensenism.".
- catalog title "The science and politics of racial research / William H. Tucker.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".