The science and politics of race in Mexico and the United States, 1910-1950 [Texte imprimé] /
Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, cop. 2018
- 1 vol. (255 p.) ; 24 cm
Bibliogr. p. 213-235
Liberalism, race, nation, modernity -- Science and nation in an age of evolution and eugenics, 1910-1934 -- Mexican indigenismo and the international fraternity of science -- Migration, U.S. race thinking, and Pan-American anthropology -- Science and nation in an age of modernization and antiracist populism, 1930-1950 -- From cultural pluralism to a global science of acculturation in the United States -- Cultural and economic evolution, pluralism, and categorization in Mexico -- Race, culture, and class.
"In this history of the social and human sciences in twentieth-century Mexico and the United States, Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt reveals the intricate connections among the development of science, the concept of race in North America, and policy toward indigenous peoples. Her focus is on the anthropologists, sociologists, biologists, physicians, and other experts who collaborated across borders in the midst of the Mexican Revolution through World War II, a period that saw a dynamic academic growth on both sides of the Rio Grande. Rosemblatt traces how these intellectuals forged shared networks in which they discussed indigenous peoples and other ethnic minorities, refashioning race as a scientific category and consolidating their influence within their respective national policy circles"--
978-1-4696-3639-9
Science--Social aspects--Mexico Science--Social aspects--United States Race--Social aspects--Mexico Race--Social aspects--United States Minorities--Government policy--Mexico Minorities--Government policy--United States Policy scientists--Mexico Policy scientists--United States Social sciences--Philosophy--History--20th century