Iconoclastic eugenics: Thorstein Veblen on racial diversity and cultural nomadism

International Review of Sociology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 513-534

  Reinert, Sophus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 11144326864     PISSN: 03906701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0390670042000318359     Document Type: Review

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