Races of Man and Their Distribution

Klappentext A 1924 work offering detailed criteria for racial classification and suggesting reasons for the distribution of races. Zusammenfassung This edition! published in 1924! is an early work of scientific anthropology from a pioneer in the field. Haddon examines some of the major physical differences between human beings that are used to distinguish race. He also offers some tentative conclusions about reasons for the geographical distribution of different races. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; The basis of classification; Definitions of race, people, tribe, nation; A classification of mankind; The main physical characters and distribution of the Ulotrichi; The main physical characters and distribution of the Cymotrichi; The main physical characters and distributions of the Leiotrichi; Distribution of races and peoples according to areas - Oceania; Africa; Europe; Asia; America; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Alfred Cort Haddon, Haddon Alfred Cort
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2012
• EAN: 9781108046275
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04627-5
• No. of pages: 158
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Physical anthropology