Anthropology and the racial politics of culture /

Baker, Lee D., 1966-

Anthropology and the racial politics of culture / Lee D. Baker. - Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, c 2010. - xiv, 277 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research, reform, and racial uplift -- Fabricating the authentic and the politics of the real -- Race, relevance, and Daniel G. Brinton's ill-fated bid for prominence -- The cult of Franz Boas and his "conspiracy" to destroy the white race.

9780822346982 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780822346869 (cloth : alk. paper)

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