The cultivation of whiteness : science, health and racial destiny in Australia / Warwick Anderson

Bib ID:
3292868
Format:
Book
Author:
Anderson, Warwick, 1958-
Edition:
New ed.
Description:
  • Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, c2005
  • ix, 390 p. [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
052285169X
Summary:

Examines the notion of 'whiteness' as a flexible category in scientific and public debates. Also provides the first full account of experimentation in the 1920s and 1930s on Aboriginal people in the central deserts. Anderson is the founder of the Centre for Studies of Health and Society at the University of Melbourne, Vic.

Notes:
  • Includes index.
  • Bibliography: p. 329-379.
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