Oxford University Press, USA, Date: 2005. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2005. Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 0195173511 9780195173512 [US]

Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Oxford University Press, Incorporated ISBN 0195173511 9780195173512 [US]

Oxford University Press, Date: 2005-02-17. Paperback. Acceptable. 9x6x0. Binding tight.Some highlighting to text. Paperback. Front cover is missing a chunk near the bottom outside. Sticker on back cover. 2005. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195173511 9780195173512 [US]

New York: Oxford University Press, Date: 2005. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6". x, 326pp. Mild toning and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A tour de force work by a leading scholar, "Race" Is a Four-Letter Word explores the history of the concept of race in America, the reasons why the concept has no biological validity, and the ways in which it grew to become accepted as an idea that virtually everyone regards as self-evident. An ardent and eloquent opponent of typology, essentialism, and stereotyping, C. Loring Brace has based this engaging study on the "Problems of Race" course that he has taught at the University of Michigan for the past thirty-five years. Opening with an explanation of why the concept of race is biologically indefensible, "Race" Is a Four-Letter Word shows how the major elements of human biological variation have unrelated distributions and cannot be understood if the existence of "races" is assumed as a starting point. The book then examines the course of events that created the concept of race, journeying through time from Herodotus through Marco Polo; to the Renaissance and the role of the New World; on up to the American Civil War, the curious results of the alliance switch in World War I, Arthur Jensen, The Bell Curve, J. Philippe Rushton, and the Pioneer Fund in the twenty-first century. Ideal as a supplementary text in ...

Oxford University Press, Date: 2005-02-17. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2005. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195173511 9780195173512 [US]

Oxford Univ Pr, Date: 2005. Paperback. New. illustrated edition. 336 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches. 2005. Oxford Univ Pr ISBN 0195173511 9780195173512 [GB]