This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature.

Prologue : the custom of the country -- Introduction -- The anti-racist liberal Americanism of Boasian anthropology -- Franz Boas, miscegenation, and the white problem -- Ruth Benedict, "American" culture, and the color line -- Post-World ...

John Howard Yoder, author of The Politics of Jesus, was best known for his writing on Christian pacifism.

This 2007, Third Edition, is a further revision of the material which reflects the experience of the contributors with the previous editions. The book has been systematically brought up to date and new sections have been added.