INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. 1. A EUGENIC FOUNDATION 13
7. 2. CHARLES DAVENPORT AND THE BIOLOGY OF BLACKNESS 31
8. 3. EUGENICS IN THE PUBLIC’S EYE 45
9. 4. THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL AND THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RACE 57
10. 5. COLORING RACE DIFFERENCE 75
11. 6. BIOLOGY AND THE PROBLEM OF THE COLOR LINE 95
12. 7. RACE AND THE EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS 111
13. 8. CONSOLIDATING THE RACE CONCEPT IN BIOLOGY 139
14. 9. CHALLENGES TO THE RACE CONCEPT 167
15. 10. NATURALIZING RACISM: THE CONTROVERSY OVER SOCIOBIOLOGY 179
16. 11. RACE IN THE GENOMIC AGE 201
17. EPILOGUE 211
18. Notes 219
19. Bibliography 259
20. Index 275