"As an example of superb and meticulous scholarship, Dubow's work should appeal to a wide readership in the fields of racial and ethnic studies, the sociology of knowledge and science, and African studies." Contemporary Sociology

• 1. Introduction; 2. Physical anthropology and the quest for the 'missing link'; 3. Bantu origins, racial narratives; 4. Biological determinism and the development of eugenics; 5. The equivocal message of eugenics; 6. Mental testing and the understanding of the 'native mind'; 7. Christian-national ideology, apartheid, and the concept of 'race'; 8. Conclusion.

"As an example of superb and meticulous scholarship, Dubow's work should appeal to a wide readership in the fields of racial and ethnic studies, the sociology of knowledge and science, and African studies." Contemporary Sociology

• 1. Introduction; 2. Physical anthropology and the quest for the 'missing link'; 3. Bantu origins, racial narratives; 4. Biological determinism and the development of eugenics; 5. The equivocal message of eugenics; 6. Mental testing and the understanding of the 'native mind'; 7. Christian-national ideology, apartheid, and the concept of 'race'; 8. Conclusion.

"As an example of superb and meticulous scholarship, Dubow's work should appeal to a wide readership in the fields of racial and ethnic studies, the sociology of knowledge and science, and African studies." Contemporary Sociology

• 1. Introduction; 2. Physical anthropology and the quest for the 'missing link'; 3. Bantu origins, racial narratives; 4. Biological determinism and the development of eugenics; 5. The equivocal message of eugenics; 6. Mental testing and the understanding of the 'native mind'; 7. Christian-national ideology, apartheid, and the concept of 'race'; 8. Conclusion.