From craniology to serology: Racial anthropology in interwar hungary and Romania

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-377

  Turda, Marius ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RACE; ROMANIA; SEROLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRANIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PREJUDICE; ROMANIA; SEROLOGY;

EID: 35449001285     PISSN: 00225061     EISSN: 15206696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhbs.20274     Document Type: Article

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