From savage to Negro: anthropology and the construction of race, 1896-1954

1. History and theory of a racialized worldview.

2. The ascension of anthropology as social Darwinism.

3. Anthropology in American popular culture.

4. Progressive-era reform: holding on to hierarchy.

5. Rethinking race at the turn of the century: W. E. B. Du Bois and Franz Boas.

6. The new Negro and cultural politics of race.

7. Looking behind the veil with the spy glass of anthropology.

8. Unraveling and Boasian discourse.

9. Anthropology and the fourteenth amendment.

10. The color-blind bind.

Cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; Chapter 1 History and Theory of a Racialized Worldview; Chapter 2 The Ascension of Anthropology as Social Darwinism; Chapter 3 Anthropology in American Popular Culture; Chapter 4 Progressive-Era Reform: Holding on to Hierarchy; Chapter 5 Rethinking Race at the Turn of the Century: W.E.B. Du Bois and Franz Boas; Chapter 6 The New Negro and Cultural Politics of Race; Chapter 7 Looking behind the Veil with the Spy Glass of Anthropology; Chapter 8 Unraveling the Boasian Discourse.