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The Cultivation of Whiteness: Science, Health, and Racial Destiny in Australia
The Cultivation of Whiteness Science Health and Racial Destiny in Australia Author:Warwick Anderson In Australia before 1890, the main commentators on race and biological difference were medical doctors in clinical practice. At that time, there was an expectation that the white "type" would decay mentally and physically in a hostile foreign environment like Australia. This book, one of the first comprehensive histories of Australian medical an... more »d scientific ideas about race and place, examines "whiteness" as a category defined in terms of environment and racial contact. It reshapes the current debate on race, ethnicity, and environment and provides an extensive and often entertaining historical survey of ideas about the peopling of Australia.« less