Scientific racism in modern South Africa
This study, the first full-length analysis of the history of intellectual and scientific racism in modern South Africa, demonstrates the selective absorption of widely prevalent conceptions of racial difference in the particular historical context of the country.
xii, 320 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
9780521473439, 9780521479073, 0521473438, 052147907X
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1. Introduction; 2. Physical anthropology and the quest for the 'missing link'; 3. Bantu origins, racial narratives; 4. Biological determinism and the development of eugenics; 5. The equivocal message of eugenics; 6. Mental testing and the understanding of the 'native mind'; 7. Christian-national ideology, apartheid, and the concept of 'race'; 8. Conclusion.