Race to the Finish – Identity and Governance in an Age of Genomics (In-Formation) Paperback - 2004
by Reardon, Jenny
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- Title Race to the Finish – Identity and Governance in an Age of Genomics (In-Formation)
- Author Reardon, Jenny
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 237
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Date 2004-12-12
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # GOR012106949
- ISBN 9780691118574 / 0691118574
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 9.18 x 6.42 x 0.65 in (23.32 x 16.31 x 1.65 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Genetics, Population, Human Genome Project
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004050569
- Dewey Decimal Code 306.45
From the rear cover
"In this gracefully written, subtle, and thorough account of a failed scientific endeavor, Jenny Reardon effectively accomplishes several important goals. First, she tells a fascinating story of how a well-intentioned scientific effort to explore the diversity of the human species foundered on the shoals of controversy that sprung in part from the fundamental inability of scientists to apprehend the sociopolitical world in which their efforts were situated. Second, she illuminates her analysis with a theoretical perspective that emphasizes the simultaneous 'co-production' of social order and natural order. Third, Reardon is at the cutting edge of new work on race and science that seeks to understand the complex role of new sciences such as genetics in the remaking of racial classifications, identities, and politics. She does all this with impressive clarity, never losing sight of the appeal of the story itself."--Steven Epstein, University of California, San Diego, author of Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge
"This book ranks as the seminal history of the Human Genome Diversity Project. Jenny Reardon tells an entertaining and enlightening story of the very social and political field of human diversity research."--Alan H. Goodman, President-Elect, American Anthropological Association, editor of Genetic Nature/Culture
