(MISCEGENATION.) DAVENPORT, CHARLES B. Heredity of Skin Color in Negro-White Crosses. Four full-page photographic plates of African-American families. 106 pages. Tall 4to, original cloth, lettered in gilt on the upper cover and spine; ownership signature and small stamp on front free end-paper and fore-edge of text block. Washington: Carnegie Institute, 1918
first edition, uncommon. A very detailed study involving African-American and Afro-Caribbean families. Though tainted by the attitudes of the day, this remains an interesting study, addressing "passing" and color "reversion."
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