Scientific discrimination and the activist scientist: L.C. Dunn and the professionalization of genetics and human genetics in the United States

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-72

  Gormley, Melinda ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activist scientist; Anthropology; Columbia University; Eugenics; Franz Boas; Genetics Society of America; Heredity; Human genetics; L.C. Dunn; Race; Race and Society; Racism; Scientific discrimination; Statement on Race; Theodosius Dobzhansky; UNESCO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; EUGENICS; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63949086666     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-008-9170-z     Document Type: Article

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