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Anthropology, human biology, and race citations bibliography

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In the subsections on more specific topics below, the numerical order of sources is the "read this first" order for rapid acquaintance with some of the best literature on the subtopic. The first-listed books lay down a conceptual foundation that helps with understanding and remembering more technical details in other books, and evaluating the sources they rely on.

Best literature on anthropology

  1. Stone, Linda; Lurquin, Paul F.; Cavalli-Sforza, L. Luca (2007). Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution: A Synthesis. Malden (MA): Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-5089-7. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  2. Stanford, Craig; Allen, John S.; Antón, Susan C. (2013). Biological Anthropology (Third ed.). Pearson. ISBN 978-0-205-15068-7. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  3. Park, Michael Alan (2010). Biological Anthropology (Sixth ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-814000-6. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  4. Larsen, Clark Spencer, ed. (22 February 2010). A Companion to Biological Anthropology. John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/9781444320039. ISBN 978-1-4051-8900-2. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)

Best literature on human biology (especially genetics)

  1. Plomin, Robert; DeFries, John C.; Knopik, Valerie S.; Neiderhiser, Jenae M. (24 September 2012). Behavioral Genetics. Shaun Purcell (Appendix: Statistical Methods in Behaviorial Genetics). Worth Publishers. doi:10.1007/s10519-013-9598-6. ISBN 978-1-4292-4215-8. Retrieved 19 December 2014. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-source= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  2. Flint, Jonathan; Greenspan, Ralph J.; Kendler, Kenneth S. (28 January 2010). How Genes Influence Behavior. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-955990-9. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  3. Panofsky, Aaron (7 July 2014). Misbehaving Science: Controversy and the Development of Behavior Genetics. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-05859-7. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-source= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  4. McCartney, Kathleen; Weinberg, Richard A., eds. (25 June 2009). Experience and Development: A Festschrift in Honor of Sandra Wood Scarr. Sandra Scarr (epilogue). Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1-84872-847-9. Retrieved 20 December 2014. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-source= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  5. Goldman, David (2012). Our Genes, Our Choices: How Genotype and Gene Interactions Affect Behavior. Elsevier Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-396952-1. OCLC 773025118. Retrieved 7 November 2013. – via ScienceDirect (Subscription may be required or content may be available in libraries.)
  6. Moore, David S. (2003). The Dependent Gene: The Fallacy of "Nature vs. Nurture". New York: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-8050-7280-8. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-source= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  7. Hamilton, Matthew B. (2009). Population Genetics. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4051-3277-0. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  8. Rx Speicher, Michael R.; Antonarakis, Stylianos E.; Motulsky, Arno G., eds. (2010). Vogel and Motulsky's Human Genetics: Problems and Approaches. Heidelberg: Springer Scientific. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-37654-5. ISBN 978-3-540-37653-8. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)

Best literature on "race"

  1. Green tickY Griffin, John Howard (1961). Black Like Me. Robert Bonazzi (afterword). New York: Signet. ISBN 0-451-19203-6. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  2. Tattersall, Ian; DeSalle, Rob (1 September 2011). Race?: Debunking a Scientific Myth. Texas A&M University Anthropology series number fifteen. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-60344-425-5. Retrieved 17 November 2013. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  3. Harrison, Guy P. (2010). Race and Reality: What Everyone Should Know about Our Biological Diversity. Jonathan Marks (Foreword). Amherst (NY): Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1-59102-767-6. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  4. Fairbanks, Daniel J. (7 April 2015). Everyone Is African: How Science Explodes the Myth of Race. Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1-63388-019-1. Retrieved 20 July 2015. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  5. Krimsky, Sheldon; Sloan, Kathleen, eds. (2011). Race and the Genetic Revolution: Science, Myth, and Culture. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-52769-9. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  6. Jablonski, Nina G. (10 January 2014). Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-28386-2. JSTOR 10.1525/j.ctt1pn64b. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  7. Markus, Hazel Rose; Moya, Paula M. L., eds. (2010). Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century. New York: W. W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-93070-2. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  8. Rx Whitmarsh, Ian; Jones, David S., eds. (2010). What's the Use of Race?: Modern Governance and the Biology of Difference. Cambridge (MA): MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-51424-8. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  9. Keevak, Michael (5 May 2011). Becoming Yellow: A Short History of Racial Thinking. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-14031-5. Retrieved 25 July 2013. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  10. Brace, C. Loring (2005). "Race" is a Four-letter Word: The Genesis of the Concept. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-517351-2. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)
  11. Green tickY Davis, F. James (2001). Who Is Black?: One Nation's Definition (10th anniversary ed.). University Park (PA): Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 978-0271021720. ((cite book)): Unknown parameter |lay-date= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |lay-url= ignored (help)

Citations for the best literature on topics related to anthropology, human biology, and race

Books and other monographs

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Below in this section I'll provide a summary list of some of the very best monographs on this subject, including classic works that set the agenda for research on this subject, in reverse chronological order (newest books listed first). The subpage on books and other monographs includes all of these books and many more, including some I haven't had time to rate yet. The books listed immediately below I have read or will read from cover to cover. I plan to keep them at hand in my office for reference as I continue research on this subject both on and off Wikipedia.

Please remember, the subpage on books and other monographs includes all of these books and many more, including some I haven't had time to rate yet. Your suggestions are always welcome.

Journal articles and book chapters

Book chapters from edited books (monographs) about scholarly topics are often very good sources for Wikipedia articles. By contrast, scientific journal articles are often primary—and unreplicated—sources for the factual statements they contain, and thus are not reliable sources for editing Wikipedia articles. I take care in this bibliography to refer mostly, although not exclusively, to book chapters and journal articles that are of the "review article" nature, suitable to be medically reliable sources. The list below includes some of the best review articles and chapters from authoritative handbooks on human genetics, with the most recently published sources listed first.

Some researchers on these topics have the kind habit of posting most of their peer-reviewed, published papers on the Web.

I now list shorter works such as journal articles and book chapters in a separate subpage on journal articles and book chapters.

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News stories

Encyclopedia articles

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History

Dictionary of American History

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

Encyclopedia of Race and Racism

Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics

International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Web resources

McGue, Matt (5 May 2014). "Introduction to Human Behavioral Genetics". Coursera. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

"Race: About". United States Census Bureau: Topics. United States Census Bureau. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2014. The Census Bureau collects racial data in accordance with guidelines provided by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and these data are based on self-identification.

The racial categories included in the census questionnaire generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country and not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically. In addition, it is recognized that the categories of the race item include racial and national origin or sociocultural groups.

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I've set up a Suggestions Page (a talk page) attached to this bibliography page, and have moved the previous kind suggestions there. You are welcome to make other comments and suggestions. Thanks for your help. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk) 15:00, 29 August 2010 (UTC)