The Middle East plays a major role in the history of genetic science. Early in the twentieth century, technological breakthroughs in human genetics coincided with the birth of modern Middle Eastern nation-states, who proclaimed that the region's ancient history-as a cradle of ci…
"This book is the first history of the science of human genetics in the Middle East, from its roots in colonial anthropology and medicine to present-day genomic projects. Genetic Nationalism reveals the effects of international genetic discourses on Middle Eastern nationalisms a…
Introduction : an uneasy inheritance -- Drastic measurements -- Truth serum -- The traffic in blood -- Sickling sociologies -- Genes against beans -- Collection agents -- Domesticating diversity -- Conclusion : genomes without borders? "This book is the first history of the sci…
"This book is the first history of the science of human genetics in the Middle East, from its roots in colonial anthropology and medicine to present-day genomic projects. Genetic Nationalism reveals the effects of international genetic discourses on Middle Eastern nationalisms a…