“Everyone knows it’s a social construct”: Contemporary science and the nature of race

Sociological Focus

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 436-454

  Morning, Ann ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 52949110539     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2007.10571319     Document Type: Article

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