Anthropology at war : World War I and the science of race in Germany / Andrew D. Evans.

  • Evans, Andrew D. (Andrew David), 1968-
Date:
2010
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.

Physical description

ix, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents

Institutionalizing the "most recent science" : anthropology in the world of German learning at the fin de siècle -- The meaning of race : the liberal paradigm in prewar German anthropology -- Nationalism and mobilization in wartime anthropology, 1914-18 -- "Among foreign peoples" : racial studies of POWs during World War I -- Capturing race : anthropology and photography in POW camps during World War I -- Anthropology in the aftermath : Rassenkunde, racial hygiene, and the end of the liberal tradition.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    ZEP.37.AA9
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ISBN

  • 9780226222677
  • 9780226222684
  • 0226222675
  • 0226222683