Lecture #12:
1. Debates about race, 1800-1850
A. The rise and fall of monogenism (1750-1850)
B. The emergence of polygenist thought (1800-1850)
2. The growth of racial determinism, 1840-1859
A. The concept of biological man
B. Darwin’s perspective
3. Race after Darwin, 1859-1900
A. The scientific reception of Darwinian theory
B. Social Darwinism: race politics after Darwin