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BL
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853997
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| Main Entry
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Roberts, Dorothy E.,1956-
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| Title & Author
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Fatal invention : : how science, politics, and big business re-create race in the twenty-first century /\ Dorothy Roberts.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: New Press,, [2011].
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, ©2011
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1 online resource (xii, 388 pages)
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| ISBN
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1595586911
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: 9781595586919
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1595584951
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9781595584953
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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I. Believing in race in the genomic age -- Invention of race -- Separating racial science from racism -- 2. The new racial science -- Redefining race in genetic terms -- Medical stereotyping -- Allure of race in biomedical research -- Embodying race -- 3. Pharmacoethnicity -- Color-coded pills -- Race and the new biocitizen -- Tracing racial roots -- 4. Genetic surveillance -- Biological race in a "postracial" America -- Crossroads.
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| Abstract
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Explores the ways science, politics, and large corporations affect race in the twenty-first century, discussing the efforts and results of the Human Genome Project, and describing how technology-driven science researchers are developing a genetic definition of race.
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Genomics.
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Human population genetics.
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Physical anthropology.
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Race-- Economic aspects.
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Race-- Political aspects.
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Race-- Social aspects.
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Genetics, Population.
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Genomics.
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Anthropologie physique.
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Génétique des populations humaines.
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Génomique.
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Race-- Aspect économique.
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Race-- Aspect politique.
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Race-- Aspect social.
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Biopolitik
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Genomics.
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Human population genetics.
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Humanbiologie
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Humangenetik
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Physical anthropology.
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Race-- Political aspects.
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Race-- Social aspects.
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Rasse
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Ethnic Studies-- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.8
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GN269.R64 2011eb
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