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Social Sciences and Theories of Race

  • ISBN-13: 9780252030864
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
  • By Vernon J. Williams Jr.
  • Price: AUD $206.00
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  • Local release date: 14/01/2007
  • Format: Hardback 176 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Sociology [JHB]
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Vernon J. Williams Jr.'s The Social Sciences and Theories of Race focuses on anthropology and sociology's engagement with some of the U.S.'s most enduring problems: race and race relations. In discussing the work of key scholars (both black and white) on race and culture, including Franz Boas, George W. Ellis, Booker T. Washington, Ulysses G. Weatherly, and Monroe N. Work, Williams demonstrates the dynamic nature of their ideas and reveals the social, cultural, and intellectual forces that influenced their supposedly value-neutral scientific thinking. The evolution of their work is outlined through expert use of a variety of tools from social, cultural, and intellectual history, as well as biography and autobiography. Williams shows that ethnicity, and a range of social and political pressures had important impacts on the developing fields of both sociology and anthropology, and he demonstrates that those working in the social sciences can improve their own analyses by understanding the mentality of the observer whose work they're evaluating.
''Provocative and thought-provoking collection of essays. . . . ''The Social Sciences and Theories of Race'' deals with important issues in the discourse on race and race relations. It is a volume that should encourage further research and writing on these topics for decades to come.''--''Journal of African American History ''
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