The equality of the human races : (positivist anthropology)

THE EQUALITY OF THE HUMAN RACES
(POSITIVIST ANTHROPOLOGY)
Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on the Translation
Introduction
RECLAMATION OF A PRIMARY WORK OF ANTHROPOLOGY
EQUALITY OF RACES AS A PIONEERING WORK OF ANTHROPOLOGY
FIRMIN ON THE MAJOR DEBATE OF THE DAY: MONOGENISM VERSUS POLYGENISM
FIRMIN’S WORK AND THE “RACE QUESTION”
IN ANTHROPOLOGY
EQUALITY OF HUMAN RACES AS AN EARLY WORK OF PAN-AFRICANISM
SELECTED DETAILS FROM FIRMIN’S BIOGRAPHY
FOOTNOTES
DE L’EGALITE
F. IMCUON, SUCCESSEUll, IMlMlIMEUn-tfDJTElIH,
1885
To Haiti
Preface
Anthropology as a Discipline
FOOTNOTES
Early Classification Systems
Species in the Animal Kingdom
PRINCIPLES OF CLASSIFICATION
Monogenism and Polygenism
FOOTNOTES
Criteria for Classifying the Human Races
OTHER ANTHROPOMETRIC METHODS
HAIR AND SKIN PIGMENTATION
4. SOME LINGUISTIC CLASSIFICATIONS
Artificial Ranking of the Human Races
3. CRANIAL MEASUREMENTS
4. THE BRAIN AND INTELLIGENCE
Comparison of the Human Races Based on Their Physical Constitution
Metissage and Equality of the Races
1. STUDIES OF METISSAGE FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE EQUALITY OF THE RACES
NOTES
Egypt and Civilization
NOTES
The Hindus and the Arya
General Perfectibility of the Human Races
Intellectual Evolution of the Black Race in Haiti
Tertulien Guilbaud
NOTES
Prejudices and Vanities
NOTE
Comparisons
1. FIRST CAUSES OF ERROR
NOTES
Evolutionary Pace of the Black Race
European Solidarity
The Role of the Black Race in the History of Civilization
Religious Myths and Words of the Ancients
1. ANGEL AND DEVIL
2. THE LEGEND OF HAM
3. THE GREEKS, THE LATINS, AND ETHIOPIA
NOTES
Aptitudes and Organic Qualities
1. CONFESSIONS AND ADMISSIONS
Theories and their Logical Consequences
Conclusion
Index