Defenders of the Race: Jewish Doctors and Race Science in Fin-De-Siècle Europe

by John M. Efron

By the late nineteenth century, physical anthropologists were engaged in debates about the "Jewish Racial Question," asking whether there was a biological basis for Jewish distinctiveness and social development. This fascinating book describes for the first time the response of Jewish race scientists to these debates, demonstrating that in their participation, the scientists were involved in a complex process of Jewish self-definition, one that was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300054408
• ISBN13: 9780300054408
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"