The power of knowledge: Race science, race policy, and the holocaust

Social Epistemology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-36

  Weinstein, Jay ^a   Stehr, Nico ^a  

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EID: 85011247103     PISSN: 02691728     EISSN: 14645297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026917299298763     Document Type: Article

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