![]() ![]() After immigrating to America, Agassiz taught at Harvard and developed a theory whereby modern races of man living in distinct geographic areas met the “biological criteria for separate species” (78). Gould first introduces the work of Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), a leader in advancing American scientific theories of polygeny. He published over twenty books, received the National Book and National Book Critics Circle Awards, and a MacArthur Fellowship. ![]() Polygenists believed that races were a separate species, and, as such, blacks were a separate form of life. Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Geology at Harvard University. ![]() degenerationists) believed that man originated out of Eden and, from there, declined with “whites least and blacks most” (71). Prior to Darwin’s theory of evolution, the two main rationales for racial ranking rested in monogenism and polygenism. ![]() Norton Language English Pages 432 Previews available in: English This edition doesn't have a description yet. by Stephen Jay Gould 2.50 2 Ratings 39 Want to read 3 Currently reading 3 Have read Overview View 12 Editions Details Reviews Lists Related Books Publish Date 1996 Publisher W.W. Gould reports that both renowned scientists and American “culture heroes,” including Georges Cuvier, Charles Darwin, Benjamin Franklin, and Abraham Lincoln, ascribed to the social convention of ranking races the only differences lay between “hard liners” who believed biology justified enslavement, and “soft-liners” who believed freedom was not dependent on intelligence (63). The mismeasure of man Revised and expanded. ![]()
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