The Races of Europe, A Sociological Study by Ripley, William Z - 1899

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xxxii, 624 pp, with Illustrations, maps, publisher's catalogue, index. Publisher's blue cloth boards rubbed at extremities, with a few tny tears in the coth at head and foot of spine. Previous owner's name on front pastedown; text clean. No dust jacket. An influential work of early twentieth century anthropology, known for its extensive research, compilation of data, and criticism of the work of many other anthropologists in Europe and the United States. According to the New World Encyclopedia, Ripley reached his conclusions about race "by correlating anthropometric data with geographical data, paying special attention to the use of the cephalic index, which at the time was considered a well-established measure….From this and other socio-geographical factors, Ripley classified Europeans into three distinct races," Teutonic, Mediterranean, and Alpine. .