An analysis of how anthropology has historically viewed African Americans and Native Americans differently.

Preface: Questions ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
1. Research, Reform, and Racial Uplift 33
2. Fabricating the Authentic and the Politics of the Real 66
3. Race, Relevance, and Daniel G. Brinton's Ill-fated Bid for Prominence 117
4. The Cult of Franz Boas and His "Conspiracy" to Destroy the White Race 156
Notes 221
Works Cited 235
Index 265