Anthropology at War World War I and the Science of Race in Germany

Zusammenfassung Between 1914 and 1918! German anthropologists conducted their work in the midst of full-scale war. The discipline was relatively new in German academia when World War I broke out. The author reveals that its development was profoundly altered by the conflict. He examines both the origins and consequences of this shift.

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Andrew D. Evans is assistant professor of history at the State University of New York at New Paltz.

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Between 1914 and 1918, German anthropologists conducted their work in the midst of full-scale war. The discipline was relatively new in German academia when World War I broke out. The author reveals that its development was profoundly altered by the conflict. He examines both the origins and consequences of this shift.