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THIS is a new edition, entirely rewritten, of a small and very useful volume by the pioneer field-worker and veteran anthropologist of Great Britain. In its present form the book is the best succinct statement of the principles of racial classification, of the physical characters of each stock, and of the distribution of the varieties of man. In the analysis of the concept of “race” and the discussion of the main criteria of physical anthropology, which form the first part of the volume, the modern theories and points of view of cultural anthropology have been taken into account. In the description of the main races which follows, the book does not go beyond the limit of physical anthropology. Within these, it is the best and most authoritative statement of the subject. Mainly designed as a text-book for the beginner and the general reader, it will be also valuable as a handy work of reference for the specialist.
The Races of Man and their Distribution.
Dr.
A. C.
Haddon
By. New edition. Pp. viii+184+10 plates. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1924.) 6s. net.
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The Races of Man and their Distribution . Nature 116, 241 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116241d0
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