{"product_id":"mixing-races-paul-lawrence-farber-9780801898136","title":"Mixing Races: From Scientific Racism to Modern Evolutionary Ideas","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores changing American views of race mixing in the twentieth century, showing how new scientific ideas transformed accepted notions of race and how those ideas played out on college campuses in the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1930s it was not unusual for medical experts to caution against miscegenation, or race mixing, espousing the common opinion that it would produce biologically dysfunctional offspring. By the 1960s the scientific community roundly refuted this theory. Paul Lawrence Farber traces this revolutionary shift in scientific thought, explaining how developments in modern population biology, genetics, and anthropology proved that opposition to race mixing was a social prejudice with no justification in scientific knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960s, this new knowledge helped to change attitudes toward race and discrimination, especially among college students. Their embrace of social integration caused tension on campuses across the country. Students rebelled against administrative interference in their private lives, and university regulations against interracial dating became a flashpoint in the campus revolts that revolutionized American educational institutions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFarber's provocative study is a personal one, featuring interviews with mixed-race couples and stories from the author's student years at the University of Pittsburgh. As such, \u003ci\u003eMixing Races\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unique perspective on how contentious debates taking place on college campuses reflected radical shifts in race relations in the larger society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Lawrence Farber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801898137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801898136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011 pg. 50","brand":"Paul Lawrence Farber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47422706024703,"sku":"9780801898136","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b32c06c-51e1-45cc-93ae-9e0e000903e0.jpg?v=1761527955","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mixing-races-paul-lawrence-farber-9780801898136","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}