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Foreign Bodies: Oceania and the Science of Race 1750–1940

Year: 2008

Type: book

Abstract: From the 18th century, Oceania became the principal laboratory of raciology for scholars, voyagers, and colonisers alike. By juxtaposing encounters and theory, this magisterial book explores the semantics of human difference in all its emotional, intellectual, religious, and practical dimensions. The argument developed is subtle, engrossing, and gives the paradigm of ‘race’

Source: ANU Press eBooks

DOI: 10.22459/fb.11.2008

Authors: Bronwen Douglas, Chris Ballard

Language: English

Topic: History of Science and Natural History

Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, International Institute for Asian Studies

OpenAlex ID: W4211213155

FWCI: 1.853

Cites: 343

Cited by: 30

Related to: 10