This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI The Classification And Distribution Of Man AFTER the age of race discrimination comes the age of race description and classification; and, as we should expect, Race . . this second stage is not reached and'ciassifi until the close of the Dark Ages cation. an& DEGREESe dawn of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI The Classification And Distribution Of Man AFTER the age of race discrimination comes the age of race description and classification; and, as we should expect, Race . . this second stage is not reached and'ciassifi until the close of the Dark Ages cation. an& DEGREESe dawn of the Renaissance, when thought had been emancipated from the bondage of scholastic authority and stimulated by the new impulse which infected all forms of intellectual activity. The first attempt at the classification of mankind was that of a French traveller, F. Bernier (1625-1688), whose scheme Bernier., . ... appeared m an anonymous article in the Journal des Scavans, 1684, entitled "Anew division of the earth, according to the different species or races of men who inhabit it," etc.1 He distinguished "four or five species or races" (1) The inhabitants of Europe, North Africa (including the Egyptians), and a great part of Asia (including the Indians). He notes that the Egyptians and Indians are black or copper-coloured, but considers the complexion to be due to climate. (2) The Africans, with thick lips, flat noses, and black skins, due not to climate but nature, with scanty beard and woolly hair. (3) The Asiatics not included in the first group, white, with "broad shoulders, a flat face, a small squab nose, little pig's-eyes long and deep-set, and three hairs of beard." (4) The Lapps, "little stunted creatures, with thick legs, .large shoulders, short neck, and a face elongated immensely; very ugly, and partaking much of the bear; they are wretched animals." He hesitates whether to put the Americans or the inhabitants of South Africa, who are unlike the Negroes, into a fifth class. The latter are probably the Hottentots or Bushmen, in spite of his statement...
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