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Publications of Lee D. Baker    :chronological  combined  bibtex listing:

Books

  1. Baker, LD. Anthropology and the Racial Politics of Culture. Duke University Press, 2010.
  2. Baker, LD. From Savage to Negro: Anthropology and the Construction of Race, 1896-1954. University of California Press, 1998. [html]  [abs]
  3. L.D. Baker, Editor. Life in America: Identity and Everyday Experience. Edited by Baker, LD. Blackwell Publishing, 2004. [book.asp]  [abs]

Published Articles

  1. Baker, L. ""Anthropology, History of."."   vol. 1 ( 2008.): 93-97.
  2. Baker, LD. ":From Boas to Black Power: Racism, Liberalism, and American Anthropology. Mark Anderson. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2019. ix + 262 pp. (Cloth US$90, Paper $28.00, E‐Book $15.12)." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 28 no. 2 (October, 2020.): 184-185. [doi]
  3. Baker, LD. "Delimiting Anthropology: Occasional Inquiries and Reflections. George W. Stocking, Jr.." Journal of Anthropological Research  vol. 59 no. 2 (July, 2003.): 252-253. [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
  4. Baker, LD. "Rethinking Race: Franz Boas and His Contemporaries.Vernon J. Williams, Jr.." American Journal of Sociology  vol. 102 no. 3 (November, 1996.): 909-910. [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
  5. BAKER, LD. "A Model Approach for Studying Race: Provocative Theory, Sound Science, and Very Good History." American Anthropologist  vol. 106 no. 1 (March, 2004.): 168-172. [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs]
  6. Baker, LD. "Affirmative Action and Anthropological Research." Anthropology News  vol. 44 no. 7 (October, 2003.): 5-5. [htm]  [abs]
  7. Baker, LD. "America’s Intractable ’Race Problem’." Chronicle of Higher Education  no. B4 ( 1995.).
  8. Baker, LD. "Black women in the ivory tower, 1850–1954: An intellectual history by stephanie y. evans." Souls  vol. 10 no. 2 (January, 2008.): 179-187. [doi]
  9. Baker, LD. "Black Women in the Ivory Tower, Womanism, and Segregated Scholars." Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Soceity  vol. 10 no. 2 ( 2008.): 179-187. [pdf]
  10. Baker, L. "Boas, Franz."   vol. 1 ( 2008.): 344-346.
  11. L.D. Baker. "Columbia University's Franz Boas: He Led the Undoing of Scientific Racism." Journal of Blacks in Higher Education  vol. 22 no. Winter ( 1999.): 89-96. [pdf]  [abs]
  12. Baker, LD. "Columbia University's Franz Boas: He led the undoing of scientific racism." JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION  no. 22 ( 1998.): 89-96. [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
  13. Baker, LD. "Commitment to Scientific Truth." Anthropology Newsletter  vol. 40 no. 4 (April, 1999.): 2-2.
  14. Baker, LD. "Cultural Creolization and the Constitution of Ethnicity Amongst Aboriginal Professionals in Dampierland, Western Australia, In Foragers in Context: Long Term, Regional and Historical Perspectives in Hunter-Gatherer Studies." Michigan Discussions in Anthropology  vol. 10 ( 1991.): 17-29.
  15. Baker, LD. "Daniel G. Brinton's success on the road to obscurity, 1890-99.." Cultural anthropology : journal of the Society for Cultural Anthropology  vol. 15 no. 3 (January, 2000.): 394-423. [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
  16. Baker, LD. "Doing the Right Thing in Anthropology." Teaching Anthropology  vol. 92 ( 1991.): 14-14.
  17. Baker, LD. "For Whom the Bell Curve Tolls: Poverty & Power." Voice of Black Studies  vol. 19 no. 1 ( 1995.): 5-6.
  18. Baker, LD. "For Whom The Bell Curve Tolls: Power, Money, and Multiculturalism." Identities  vol. 1 no. 4 (April, 1995.): 443-445. [doi]
  19. Baker, LD. "Franz Boas and his “Conspiracy” to Destroy the White Race." American Philosophical Society Proceedings  vol. 154 no. 1 ( 2010.): 8-18.  [abs]
  20. Baker, LD. "Franz Boas out of the Ivory Tower." Anthropological Theory  vol. 4 no. 1 ( 2004.): 29-51. [pdf], [doi]  [abs]
  21. Baker, LD. "Franz Boas: the emergence of the anthropologist." JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE  vol. 28 no. 4 ( 2022.): 1396-1397.
  22. Baker, LD. "From Cannibal to Animal: Contextualizing the Image on the Cover." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 5 no. 1-2 (January, 1994.): 41-46. [doi]
  23. Baker, LD. "From Cannibal to Animal: Exhibiting Ota Benga." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 5 no. 1 ( 1994.): 36-36.
  24. Baker, LD. "From the President." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 27 no. 2 (October, 2019.): 80. [doi]
  25. Baker, LD; Canada, T. "Is it Worth it? Science Education of the Talented 2%." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 24 no. 2 (October, 2016.): 116-124. [doi]  [abs]
  26. Baker, LD. "Mad or Meditative in Maricopa." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 14 no. 2 (October, 2006.): 129-131. [pdf]
  27. BAKER, LD. "Melville J. Herskovits and the Racial Politics of Knowledge." American Anthropologist  vol. 107 no. 3 (September, 2005.): 524-525. [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
  28. Baker, LD. "Message from the President." North American Dialogue  vol. 7 no. 2 ( 2004.): 4. [pdf]
  29. Baker, LD. "Mission Improbable and the Possible Mission." Anthropology News  vol. 49 no. 2 ( 2008.): 7-8. [pdf]
  30. Baker, LD. "Naming Moments Properly.." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 13 no. 1 ( 2005.): 1-2. [ldbaker/documents/baker25.pdf]
  31. Baker, LD. "New Directions in the History of United States Anthropology." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 7 no. 1 ( 1998.): 71-74.
  32. Baker, LD. "Notes on “Post-Racial” Society." North American Dialogue  vol. 13 no. 2 ( 2010.): 1-5. (plenary session, SANA/ABA Conference, 2010)
  33. Baker, LD. "Ota Benga, Story of A Tragic Travesty." Teaching Anthropology  vol. 5 ( 1993.): 21-22.
  34. Baker, LD. "Over a Cliff or into a Brick Wall: Political and Policy Implications of Racial Categories." Anthropology Newsletter  vol. 39 no. 1 ( 1998.): 16-17.
  35. Baker, LD. "Profit, Power, and Privilege: The Racial Politics of Ancestry." Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society  vol. 3 no. 4 ( 2001.): 66-72. [ldbaker/documents/baker11.pdf]  [abs]
  36. Baker, LD. "Race and the American Agenda, part 1. The Anthropology of The Affirmative Action Debate." Anthropology Newsletter  vol. 16 (September, 1995.).
  37. Baker, LD. "Race and the American Agenda, part II. Clarence Thomas’ Re-invention of Anthropology." Anthropology Newsletter  (January, 1996.): 18-19.
  38. Baker, LD; Patterson, TC. "Race, Racism, and the History of U.S. Anthropology." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 5 no. 1-2 (January, 1994.): 1-7. [pdf], [doi]  [abs]
  39. Baker, LD. "Racism in Professional Settings: Forms of Address as Clues to Power Relations." Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences  vol. 31 no. 2 ( 1995.): 186-201. [pdf], [doi]  [abs]
  40. Baker, LD. "Reflections in the National Mirror." Anthropology Newsletter  vol. 1 (February, 1996.): 6-6.
  41. Baker, LD. "Research, Reform, and Racial Uplift: The Mission of the Hampton Folklore Society 1893-1899." History of Anthropology  vol. 9 ( 2002.): 42-80. [pdf]
  42. Baker, LD. "Response to 'Philosophical Aspects of the "AAA Statement on 'Race' "." Anthropological Theory  vol. 1 no. 4 ( 2001.): 467-471. [pdf], [doi]  [abs]
  43. Baker, LD. "Rethinking Black Studies: You Can't Do That With Out Organization." Souls A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society  vol. 6 no. (3/4) (November, 2004.): 36-40. [pdf]
  44. Baker, LD. "Review of African-American Pioneers in Anthropology, edited Faye V. Harrison and Ira E. Harrison." American Anthropologist  vol. 102 no. 2 ( 2000.): 368-370. [ldbaker/documents/baker5.pdf]  [abs]
  45. Baker, LD. "Review of Delimiting Anthropology: Occasional Inquiries and Reflections. George W. Stocking, Jr.." Journal of Anthropological Research  vol. 59 ( 2003.): 252-253. [ldbaker/documents/baker14.pdf]  [abs]
  46. Baker, LD. "Review of Melville J. Herskovits and the Racial Politics of Knowledge by Jerry Gershenhorn.." American Anthropologist  vol. 107 ( 2005.): 524-525. [ldbaker/documents/baker26.pdf]
  47. Baker, LD. "Review of Racism: A Short History by George M. Fredrickson." New West Indian Guide  vol. 78 no. 1&2 (Fall, 2004.): 125-126. [ldbaker/documents/baker21.pdf]
  48. Baker, LD. "Review of Rethinking Race: Franz Boaz and His Contemporaries, by Vernon J. Williams, Jr.." American Journal of Sociology  vol. 102 no. 3 ( 1996.): 909-910. [ldbaker/clippings/williams.html]  [abs]
  49. Baker, LD. "Review of The Roots of African American Identity: Memory and History in Free Antebellum Communities, by Elizabeth Rauh Bethel." Social Forces  vol. 78 no. 1 ( 1999.): 372-374. [ldbaker/documents/baker6.pdf]  [abs]
  50. Baker, LD. "Review of The social sciences and theories of race." JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE  vol. 14 no. 1 (March, 2008.): 234-235. [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
  51. Baker, LD. "Review of The Social Sciences and Theories of Race by Vernon J. Williams, Jr.." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute  vol. 14 no. 1 ( 2008.): 234-235. [pdf]
  52. Baker, LD. "Risk Avoidance and Transfer: Thoughts on New Directions for Africana Studies." International Journal of Africana Studies  vol. 14 no. 1 ( 2008.): 66-70.
  53. Baker, LD. "Savage Inequality: Anthropology in the Erosion of the Fifteenth Amendment." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 5 no. 1-2 (January, 1994.): 28-33. [doi]
  54. Baker, LD. "Seizing the time: Transforming anthropology at a crossroads." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 18 no. 2 (October, 2010.): 116-119. [doi]
  55. Baker, LD. "Taking the Plunge and Seizing the Time- -Again." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 13 no. 2 ( 2005.): 75-78. [ldbaker/documents/baker24.pdf]
  56. Baker, LD. "The cult of Franz Boas and his "conspiracy" to destroy the white race.." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society  vol. 154 no. 1 (March, 2010.): 8-18. [20695237]
  57. Baker, LD. "The Gamble and the Game: Reflections on Writing From Savage to Negro." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 31 no. 2 (October, 2023.): 96-99. [doi]
  58. Baker, LD. "The Location of Franz Boas within the African-American Struggle [reprint]."   ( 2009.): 111-129.  [abs]
  59. Baker, LD. "The Racist Anti-Racism of American Anthropology." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 29 no. 2 (October, 2021.): 127-142. [doi]  [abs]
  60. Baker, LD. "Truth's Fool: Derek Freeman and the War over Cultural Anthropology by Peter Hempenstall Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2017. 321 pp.." American Anthropologist  vol. 120 no. 3 (September, 2018.): 621-622. [doi]
  61. Baker, LD. "Uncommon Ground: From Pastures to Protest." UPDATE: The Newsletter of the African Burial Ground Project  vol. 3 no. 5 ( 2001.): 4-5.
  62. Baker, LD. "Unraveling the Boasian Discourse: The Racial Politics of "Culture" in School Desegregation, 1944-1954.." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 7 no. 1 ( 1998.): 15-32. [ldbaker/documents/baker4.pdf]  [abs]
  63. Handler, R; Bashkow, I; Solway, J; Baker, LD; Schrempp, G. "Voicing the ancestors: Readings in memory of George Stocking." HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory  vol. 6 no. 3 (January, 2016.): 367-386. [doi]  [abs]
  64. Baker, LD. "When the “good one” is “baaad”: Modern racism in john singleton’s shaft." Souls  vol. 10 no. 2 (January, 2008.): 165-178. [doi]  [abs]
  65. Baker, LD. "You can’t do that without organization." Souls  vol. 6 no. 3-4 (January, 2004.): 36-40. [doi]

Book Chapters

  1. Baker, L. ""Anthropology, History of."." Encyclopedia of Race and Racism. Edited by Moore, JH.  vol. 1 ( 2008.): 93-97. [ldbaker/documents/baker36.pdf]
  2. Baker, LD. "Afrocentricty and the American Dream." Dispatches From the Ebony Tower: Intellectuals Confront the African American Experience. Edited by Marable, M.  ( 2000.): 224-35. [pdf]
  3. Baker, L. "Boas, Franz." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Edited by William A Darity, J.  vol. 1 ( 2008.): 344-346. [ldbaker/documents/baker35.pdf]
  4. Baker, LD. "Frederic Ward Putnam." Celebrating a Century of the American Anthropological Assocaition: Presidential Portraits. Edited by Darnell, R; Gleach, FW.  ( 2002.): 5-9.
  5. Baker, LD. "Missionary Positions.." Globalization and RaceTransformations in the Cultural Production of Blackness.. Edited by Clarke, KM; Thomas, DA.  ( 2006.): Pp. 37-54.. [ldbaker/documents/baker29.pdf]
  6. Baker, LD. "Racism in Professional Settings: Forms of Address as Clues to Power Relations." Race & Ideology: Language, Symbolism, and Popular Culture. Edited by Spears, AK.  ( 1999.): 115-132.
  7. Baker, LD. "Racism, risk, and the new color of dirty jobs." The Insecure American: How We Got Here and What We Should Do about It. Edited by Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman.  (November, 2009.): 140-159. [pdf]  [abs]
  8. Baker, LD. "Saggin’ and Braggin’." Anthropology Off the Shelf: Anthropologists on Writing. Edited by Waterston, A; Vesperi, M.  ( 2009.): 46-59. [ldbaker/documents/baker40.pdf], [doi]  [abs]
  9. Baker, L. "Signing Off."   vol. 15 no. 2 ( 2007.): 95-96. [ldbaker/documents/baker32.pdf]
  10. Baker, LD. "Speaking of Anthropological Theory." A History of Anthropological Theory. Edited by Erickson, PA; Murphy, LD.  ( 2008.).
  11. Baker, LD. "The Color Blind Bind." Cultural Diversity in the United States. Edited by Susser, I; Patterson, TC.  ( 2001.): 103-19. [ldbaker/documents/baker12.pdf]
  12. Baker, LD. "The Location of Franz Boas within the African-American Struggle [reprint]." Franz Boas: Kultur, Sprache, Rasse.. Edited by Pöhl, F; Tilg, B.  ( 2009.): 111-129.  [abs]
  13. Baker, L. "W. E. B. Du Bois and American Anthropology." The Oxford Handbook of W.E.B. DoBois (Online Edition, 19 May 2022. Edited by Morris, A.  ( 2022.). [doi]

Mass Media

  1. L.D. Baker. "2006 Black Faculty at Duke, The State of Things, WUNC National Public Radio June 15."   (June 15, 2006.). [view]
  2. L.D. Baker. "2006 Defining Crime, The State of Things, WUNC National Public Radio July 29."   (July 29, 2006.). [view]
  3. L.D. Baker. "The Real Massacre ain't 50s." Pop and Politics  (April 13, 2005.). [articles_detail.cfm]

Other

  1. Baker, LD. "Hate Crime, Plain and Simple." Durham Herald Sun  (June, 2006.): A6-A6. [ldbaker/documents/baker27.html]
  2. Baker, LD. "Herskovits and the Heart of Blackness (Consultant)."   ( 2009.).
  3. Baker, LD. "It Helps to Understand the Pressures on Marshall." The Raleigh News and Observer  ( 1996.). (A25)
  4. Baker, LD. "Mad or Meditative in Maricopa." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 14 no. 2 (October, 2006.): 129-132.
  5. Baker, LD. "Meet Lee Baker, The State of Things, WUNC National Public Radio."   (April, 2010.).
  6. Baker, LD. "Missionary Positions.."   ( 2006.): Pp. 37-54..
  7. Baker, LD. "Parental involvement on display at W.G. Pearson." Durham Herald Sun  no. Dec 7 A4 ( 2006.).
  8. Baker, LD. "Race and Class." New York Times  ( 1992.).
  9. Phillips, LD; Baker, LD. "Roots of Reform." The Atlanta Journal  ( 1994.). (A19)
  10. Baker, LD. "Signing Off." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 15 no. 2 (October, 2007.): 95-96.
  11. Baker, LD. "Speaking of Anthropological Theory."   ( 2008.).
  12. Baker, LD. "Thinking Through Genre." Transforming Anthropology  vol. 14 no. 1 (April, 2006.): 1. [pdf]
  13. L.D. Baker. "Transforming Anthroplogy."   vol. 13 no. 2 (October, 2005.).
  14. L.D. Baker. "Transforming Anthroplogy."   vol. 13 no. 1 (April, 2005.).
  15. L.D. Baker. "Transforming Anthropology."   vol. 15 no. 2 (October, 2007.).
  16. Baker, L. "Transforming Anthropology."   vol. 15 no. 1 (April, 2007.).
  17. L.D. Baker. "Transforming Anthropology."   vol. 14 no. 2 (October, 2006.).
  18. L.D. Baker. "Transforming Anthropology."   vol. 14 no. 1 (April, 2006.).
  19. Baker, L. "W.G. Pearson’s Uniforms about Distinction." Durham Herald Sun  vol. Nov no. 21 ( 2007.): A22-A22. [ldbaker/documents/baker33.pdf]
  20. Baker, LD. "Why Students Get A’s." New York Times  ( 2002.). (Section A; Page 26; Column 6)
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