The spectacle of the races : scientists, institutions, and the race question in Brazil, 1870-1930 / Lilia Moritz Schwarcz ; translated by Leland Guyer.

New York : Hill and Wang, 1999.

ix, 358 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Translation of: Espetáculo das raças (1993).

Among "men of science".-- Racial doctrines in the nineteenth century: a history of "differences and discrimination".-- Ethnographic museums in Brazil": "clams are clans, and mollusks are men as well".-- Historical and geographical institutes: "guardians of the official story".-- Schools of law, or the nation's chosen.-- Schools of medicine, or how to heal an ailing nation.-- Between the poison and the antidote: some final thoughts.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-349) and index.