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Book SynopsisAstounding new information about the role of anthropologists in Hitler's efforts to create a master race
Trade Review“
From Racism to Genocide is an original and important piece of scholarship based on never-before-published archival material. The analysis of the supporting role played by the anthropological sciences in the creation of Nazi racial and genocidal policies is painfully relevant for us today.”--
Bettina Arnold, associate professor of anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
"An informative textbook with a clear message about scientific responsibility and morality. . . . The author should be praised."--Patterns of Prejudice
"A truly significant work, including important material overlooked by most scholars. Whereas scientists cherish a self-image of objectivity, the controversial--yet convincing--conclusions about German anthropologists in
From Racism to Genocide should be met with great interest by scholars who have concerns about corruption of science for political purposes." --
Adrian M. Wenner, professor emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara
"This careful depiction of anthropological complicity with Nazi genocide is fascinating and provocative. With so many anthropologists struggling now to create a more politically engaged discipline, this is a timely and important work." -- William L. Leap, author of Word’s Out: Gay Men's English
