Portrait of a scientific racist : Alfred Holt Stone of Mississippi / James G. Hollandsworth Jr.

Author/creator Hollandsworth, James G.
Format Book
Publication InfoBaton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxv, 318 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Stone, Alfred Holt, 1870-1955.
Stone, Alfred Holt, 1870-1955--Political and social views.
Mississippi. State Tax Commission--Officials and employees. --Biography.
Plantation owners--Mississippi. --Biography.
Cotton farmers--Mississippi. --Biography.
Racism--Mississippi. --History. --20th century.
Eugenics--Mississippi. --History. --20th century.
Racism--United States. --Philosophy.
Eugenics--United States. --History. --20th century.
Mississippi--Race relations. --History. --20th century.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-307) and index.
LCCN 2007051856
ISBN9780807133361 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807133361 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks F 341.S78 H65 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold