The Cultivation Of Whiteness - Science, Health, And Racial Destiny In Australia (Hardcover, lst ed)

In nineteenth-century Australia, the main commentators on race and biological differences were doctors. But the medical profession entertained serious anxieties about the possibility of "racial denigration" of the white population in the new land, and medical and social scientists violated ethics and principles in pursuit of a more homogenized Australia. "The Cultivation of Whiteness" examines the notions of "whiteness" and racism, and introduces a whole new framework for discussion of the development of medicine and science. Warwick Anderson provides the first full account of the shocking experimentation in the 1920s and '30s on Aboriginal people of the central deserts--the Australian equivalent of the infamous Tuskegee Experiment. Lucid and entertaining throughout, this pioneering historical survey of ideas will help to reshape debate on race, ethnicity, citizenship, and environment everywhere.

General

Imprint:	BasicBooks
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2003
First published:	May 2003
Authors:	Warwick Anderson
Dimensions:	241 x 162 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	400
Edition:	lst ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-465-00305-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
LSN:	0-465-00305-2
Barcode:	9780465003051

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