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Author:
Hollandsworth, James G., Jr., 1944-2010. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85363657
Title:
Portrait of a scientific racist : Alfred Holt Stone of Mississippi / James G. Hollandsworth Jr.
Publisher:
Louisiana State University Press,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
xv, 318 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Stone, Alfred Holt,--1870-1955.
Stone, Alfred Holt,--1870-1955--Political and social views.
Plantation owners--Mississippi--Biography.
Cotton farmers--Mississippi--Biography.
Mississippi.--State Tax Commission--Officials and employees--Biography.
Racism--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Eugenics--Mississippi--History--20th century.
Mississippi--History--History--20th century.
Racism--United States--Philosophy.
Eugenics--United States--History--20th century.
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-307) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: The American race problem -- An orderly brain -- Essentials of greatness -- No twilight zone -- Food for the human mind -- The business of raising cotton -- Convictions of southern men -- My life work -- I am not a Negrophobist -- Destructive propensity -- Frank, without being offensive -- Severe and discriminating criticism -- A slave to business -- In public duty -- And in private thinking -- Appendix A: Verification of Stone's authorship of editorials in the Greenville times -- Appendix B: Verification of Stone's annotations -- Appendix C: Reconciling Stone's books with his collections -- Appendix D: Should the n in Negro be capitalized? -- Appendix E: Stone's letter to Leroy Percy.
ISBN:
0807133361
9780807133361
OCLC:
(OCoLC)187417639
LCCN:
2007051856
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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