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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hollandsworth, James G., Jr., 1944-2010.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stone, Alfred Holt, 1870-1955.

Stone, Alfred Holt.

Stone, Alfred Holt, 1870-1955--Political and social views.

Mississippi. State Tax Commission.

Plantation owners--Mississippi--Biography.

Plantation owners.

Cotton farmers--Mississippi--Biography.

Cotton farmers.

Mississippi. State Tax Commission--Officials and employees--Biography.

Mississippi.

Racism--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Racism.

Eugenics--Mississippi--History--20th century.

Eugenics.

History.

Philosophy.

Race relations.

Political and social views.

Mississippi--Race relations--History--20th century.

Racism--United States--Philosophy.

Eugenics--United States--History--20th century.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 318 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2008]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-307) and index.

ISBN:

9780807133361

0807133361

OCLC:

187417639