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

Books

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

Published Articles

  1. Baker, LD, The Gamble and the Game: Reflections on Writing From Savage to Negro, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 31 no. 2 (October, 2023), pp. 96-99 [doi]
  2. Baker, LD, Franz Boas: the emergence of the anthropologist, JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, vol. 28 no. 4 (2022), pp. 1396-1397
  3. Baker, LD, The Racist Anti-Racism of American Anthropology, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 29 no. 2 (October, 2021), pp. 127-142 [doi]  [abs]
  4. 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), pp. 184-185, University of Chicago Press [doi]
  5. Baker, LD, From the President, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 27 no. 2 (October, 2019), pp. 80 [doi]
  6. 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), pp. 621-622, Wiley [doi]
  7. Baker, LD; Canada, T, Is it Worth it? Science Education of the Talented 2%, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 24 no. 2 (October, 2016), pp. 116-124, WILEY [doi]  [abs]
  8. 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), pp. 367-386, University of Chicago Press [doi]  [abs]
  9. Baker, LD, Seizing the time: Transforming anthropology at a crossroads, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 18 no. 2 (October, 2010), pp. 116-119 [doi]
  10. 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), pp. 8-18, ISSN 0003-049X [20695237]
  11. Baker, LD, Franz Boas and his “Conspiracy” to Destroy the White Race, American Philosophical Society Proceedings, vol. 154 no. 1 (2010), pp. 8-18  [abs]
  12. Baker, LD, Notes on “Post-Racial” Society, North American Dialogue, vol. 13 no. 2 (2010), pp. 1-5, Newsletter of the Society for the Anthropology of North America (plenary session, SANA/ABA Conference, 2010.)
  13. Baker, LD, The Location of Franz Boas within the African-American Struggle [reprint] (2009), pp. 111-129, Wien, LIT Verlag.  [abs]
  14. Baker, LD, Review of The social sciences and theories of race, JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, vol. 14 no. 1 (March, 2008), pp. 234-235, ISSN 1359-0987 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
  15. Baker, LD, Black women in the ivory tower, 1850–1954: An intellectual history by stephanie y. evans, Souls, vol. 10 no. 2 (January, 2008), pp. 179-187, Informa UK Limited [doi]
  16. Baker, LD, When the “good one” is “baaad”: Modern racism in john singleton’s shaft, Souls, vol. 10 no. 2 (January, 2008), pp. 165-178, Informa UK Limited [doi]  [abs]
  17. Baker, LD, Risk Avoidance and Transfer: Thoughts on New Directions for Africana Studies, International Journal of Africana Studies, vol. 14 no. 1 (2008), pp. 66-70, ISSN 1056-8689
  18. Baker, LD, Mission Improbable and the Possible Mission, Anthropology News, vol. 49 no. 2 (2008), pp. 7-8 [pdf]
  19. 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), pp. 179-187 [pdf]
  20. 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), pp. 234-235 [pdf]
  21. Baker, L, Boas, Franz, vol. 1 (2008), pp. 344-346, Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA
  22. Baker, L, "Anthropology, History of.", vol. 1 (2008), pp. 93-97, Macmillan Reference USA,
  23. Baker, LD, Mad or Meditative in Maricopa, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 14 no. 2 (October, 2006), pp. 129-131, ISSN 1548-7466 [pdf]
  24. BAKER, LD, Melville J. Herskovits and the Racial Politics of Knowledge, American Anthropologist, vol. 107 no. 3 (September, 2005), pp. 524-525, Wiley, ISSN 0002-7294 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
  25. Baker, LD, Naming Moments Properly., Transforming Anthropology, vol. 13 no. 1 (2005), pp. 1-2 [ldbaker/documents/baker25.pdf]
  26. Baker, LD, Taking the Plunge and Seizing the Time- -Again, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 13 no. 2 (2005), pp. 75-78, American Anthropological Association [ldbaker/documents/baker24.pdf]
  27. Baker, LD, Review of Melville J. Herskovits and the Racial Politics of Knowledge by Jerry Gershenhorn., American Anthropologist, vol. 107 (2005), pp. 524-525 [ldbaker/documents/baker26.pdf]
  28. 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), pp. 36-40 [pdf]
  29. BAKER, LD, A Model Approach for Studying Race: Provocative Theory, Sound Science, and Very Good History, American Anthropologist, vol. 106 no. 1 (March, 2004), pp. 168-172, Wiley, ISSN 0002-7294 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs]
  30. Baker, LD, You can’t do that without organization, Souls, vol. 6 no. 3-4 (January, 2004), pp. 36-40, Informa UK Limited [doi]
  31. Baker, LD, Review of Racism: A Short History by George M. Fredrickson, New West Indian Guide, vol. 78 no. 1&2 (Fall, 2004), pp. 125-126 [ldbaker/documents/baker21.pdf]
  32. Baker, LD, Message from the President, North American Dialogue, vol. 7 no. 2 (2004), pp. 4 [pdf]
  33. Baker, LD, Franz Boas out of the Ivory Tower, Anthropological Theory, vol. 4 no. 1 (2004), pp. 29-51, SAGE Publications [pdf], [doi]  [abs]
  34. Baker, LD, Affirmative Action and Anthropological Research, Anthropology News, vol. 44 no. 7 (October, 2003), pp. 5-5 [htm]  [abs]
  35. Baker, LD, Delimiting Anthropology: Occasional Inquiries and Reflections. George W. Stocking, Jr., Journal of Anthropological Research, vol. 59 no. 2 (July, 2003), pp. 252-253, University of Chicago Press, ISSN 0091-7710 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
  36. Baker, LD, Review of Delimiting Anthropology: Occasional Inquiries and Reflections. George W. Stocking, Jr., Journal of Anthropological Research, vol. 59 (2003), pp. 252-253 [ldbaker/documents/baker14.pdf]  [abs]
  37. Baker, LD, Research, Reform, and Racial Uplift: The Mission of the Hampton Folklore Society 1893-1899, History of Anthropology, vol. 9 (2002), pp. 42-80, University of Wisconsin Press [pdf]
  38. Baker, LD, Uncommon Ground: From Pastures to Protest, UPDATE: The Newsletter of the African Burial Ground Project, vol. 3 no. 5 (2001), pp. 4-5
  39. 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), pp. 66-72 [ldbaker/documents/baker11.pdf]  [abs]
  40. Baker, LD, Response to 'Philosophical Aspects of the "AAA Statement on 'Race' ", Anthropological Theory, vol. 1 no. 4 (2001), pp. 467-471, SAGE Publications [pdf], [doi]  [abs]
  41. 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), pp. 394-423, ISSN 0886-7356 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
  42. Baker, LD, Review of African-American Pioneers in Anthropology, edited Faye V. Harrison and Ira E. Harrison, American Anthropologist, vol. 102 no. 2 (2000), pp. 368-370 [ldbaker/documents/baker5.pdf]  [abs]
  43. Baker, LD, Commitment to Scientific Truth, Anthropology Newsletter, vol. 40 no. 4 (April, 1999), pp. 2-2
  44. 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), pp. 89-96 [pdf]  [abs]
  45. 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), pp. 372-374 [ldbaker/documents/baker6.pdf]  [abs]
  46. Baker, LD, Over a Cliff or into a Brick Wall: Political and Policy Implications of Racial Categories, Anthropology Newsletter, vol. 39 no. 1 (1998), pp. 16-17
  47. Baker, LD, New Directions in the History of United States Anthropology, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 7 no. 1 (1998), pp. 71-74
  48. Baker, LD, Columbia University's Franz Boas: He led the undoing of scientific racism, JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION no. 22 (1998), pp. 89-96, JSTOR, ISSN 1077-3711 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
  49. Baker, LD, Unraveling the Boasian Discourse: The Racial Politics of "Culture" in School Desegregation, 1944-1954., Transforming Anthropology, vol. 7 no. 1 (1998), pp. 15-32 [ldbaker/documents/baker4.pdf]  [abs]
  50. Baker, LD, Rethinking Race: Franz Boas and His Contemporaries.Vernon J. Williams, Jr., American Journal of Sociology, vol. 102 no. 3 (November, 1996), pp. 909-910, University of Chicago Press, ISSN 0002-9602 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
  51. Baker, LD, Reflections in the National Mirror, Anthropology Newsletter, vol. 1 (February, 1996), pp. 6-6
  52. Baker, LD, Race and the American Agenda, part II. Clarence Thomas’ Re-invention of Anthropology, Anthropology Newsletter (January, 1996), pp. 18-19
  53. 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), pp. 909-910 [ldbaker/clippings/williams.html]  [abs]
  54. Baker, LD, Race and the American Agenda, part 1. The Anthropology of The Affirmative Action Debate, Anthropology Newsletter, vol. 16 (September, 1995)
  55. Baker, LD, For Whom The Bell Curve Tolls: Power, Money, and Multiculturalism, Identities, vol. 1 no. 4 (April, 1995), pp. 443-445 [doi]
  56. Baker, LD, For Whom the Bell Curve Tolls: Poverty & Power, Voice of Black Studies, vol. 19 no. 1 (1995), pp. 5-6
  57. Baker, LD, America’s Intractable ’Race Problem’, Chronicle of Higher Education no. B4 (1995)
  58. Baker, LD, Racism in Professional Settings: Forms of Address as Clues to Power Relations, Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences, vol. 31 no. 2 (1995), pp. 186-201, SAGE Publications [pdf], [doi]  [abs]
  59. Baker, LD, Savage Inequality: Anthropology in the Erosion of the Fifteenth Amendment, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 5 no. 1-2 (January, 1994), pp. 28-33, WILEY [doi]
  60. Baker, LD; Patterson, TC, Race, Racism, and the History of U.S. Anthropology, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 5 no. 1-2 (January, 1994), pp. 1-7, WILEY [pdf], [doi]  [abs]
  61. Baker, LD, From Cannibal to Animal: Contextualizing the Image on the Cover, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 5 no. 1-2 (January, 1994), pp. 41-46, WILEY [doi]
  62. Baker, LD, From Cannibal to Animal: Exhibiting Ota Benga, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 5 no. 1 (1994), pp. 36-36
  63. Baker, LD, Ota Benga, Story of A Tragic Travesty, Teaching Anthropology, vol. 5 (1993), pp. 21-22
  64. Baker, LD, Doing the Right Thing in Anthropology, Teaching Anthropology, vol. 92 (1991), pp. 14-14
  65. 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), pp. 17-29

Book Chapters

  1. Baker, L, W. E. B. Du Bois and American Anthropology, in The Oxford Handbook of W.E.B. DoBois (Online Edition, 19 May 2022, edited by Morris, A (2022) [doi]
  2. Baker, LD, Racism, risk, and the new color of dirty jobs, in The Insecure American: How We Got Here and What We Should Do about It, edited by Hugh Gusterson and Catherine Besteman (November, 2009), pp. 140-159, University of California Press, ISBN 9780520259690 [pdf]  [abs]
  3. Baker, LD, Saggin’ and Braggin’, in Anthropology Off the Shelf: Anthropologists on Writing, edited by Waterston, A; Vesperi, M (2009), pp. 46-59, Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 9781405189200 [ldbaker/documents/baker40.pdf], [doi]  [abs]
  4. Baker, LD, The Location of Franz Boas within the African-American Struggle [reprint], in Franz Boas: Kultur, Sprache, Rasse., edited by Pöhl, F; Tilg, B (2009), pp. 111-129, Wien, LIT Verlag.  [abs]
  5. Baker, LD, Speaking of Anthropological Theory, in A History of Anthropological Theory, edited by Erickson, PA; Murphy, LD (2008), Broadview Press.
  6. Baker, L, "Anthropology, History of.", in Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, edited by Moore, JH, vol. 1 (2008), pp. 93-97, Macmillan Reference USA, [ldbaker/documents/baker36.pdf]
  7. Baker, L, Boas, Franz, in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, edited by William A Darity, J, vol. 1 (2008), pp. 344-346, Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA [ldbaker/documents/baker35.pdf]
  8. Baker, L, Signing Off, vol. 15 no. 2 (2007), pp. 95-96 [ldbaker/documents/baker32.pdf]
  9. Baker, LD, Missionary Positions., in Globalization and RaceTransformations in the Cultural Production of Blackness., edited by Clarke, KM; Thomas, DA (2006), pp. Pp. 37-54., Duke University Press [ldbaker/documents/baker29.pdf]
  10. Baker, LD, Frederic Ward Putnam, in Celebrating a Century of the American Anthropological Assocaition: Presidential Portraits, edited by Darnell, R; Gleach, FW (2002), pp. 5-9, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press
  11. Baker, LD, The Color Blind Bind, in Cultural Diversity in the United States, edited by Susser, I; Patterson, TC (2001), pp. 103-19, Malden, MA: Blackwell Press [ldbaker/documents/baker12.pdf]
  12. Baker, LD, Afrocentricty and the American Dream, in Dispatches From the Ebony Tower: Intellectuals Confront the African American Experience, edited by Marable, M (2000), pp. 224-35, Columbia University Press [pdf]
  13. Baker, LD, Racism in Professional Settings: Forms of Address as Clues to Power Relations, in Race & Ideology: Language, Symbolism, and Popular Culture, edited by Spears, AK (1999), pp. 115-132, Detroit: Wayne State University Press

Mass Media

  1. L.D. Baker, 2006 Defining Crime, The State of Things, WUNC National Public Radio July 29 (July 29, 2006) [view]
  2. L.D. Baker, 2006 Black Faculty at Duke, The State of Things, WUNC National Public Radio June 15 (June 15, 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, Meet Lee Baker, The State of Things, WUNC National Public Radio (April, 2010)
  2. Baker, LD, Herskovits and the Heart of Blackness (Consultant) (2009), California Newsreel
  3. Baker, LD, Speaking of Anthropological Theory (2008), Broadview Press.
  4. L.D. Baker, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 15 no. 2 (October, 2007)
  5. Baker, LD, Signing Off, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 15 no. 2 (October, 2007), pp. 95-96
  6. Baker, L, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 15 no. 1 (April, 2007)
  7. Baker, L, W.G. Pearson’s Uniforms about Distinction, Durham Herald Sun, vol. Nov no. 21 (2007), pp. A22-A22 [ldbaker/documents/baker33.pdf]
  8. L.D. Baker, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 14 no. 2 (October, 2006)
  9. Baker, LD, Mad or Meditative in Maricopa, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 14 no. 2 (October, 2006), pp. 129-132, American Anthropological Association, ISSN 1548-7466
  10. Baker, LD, Hate Crime, Plain and Simple, Durham Herald Sun (June, 2006), pp. A6-A6 [ldbaker/documents/baker27.html]
  11. L.D. Baker, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 14 no. 1 (April, 2006)
  12. Baker, LD, Thinking Through Genre, Transforming Anthropology, vol. 14 no. 1 (April, 2006), pp. 1, American Anthropological Association [pdf]
  13. Baker, LD, Parental involvement on display at W.G. Pearson, Durham Herald Sun no. Dec 7 A4 (2006)
  14. Baker, LD, Missionary Positions. (2006), pp. Pp. 37-54., Duke University Press
  15. L.D. Baker, Transforming Anthroplogy, vol. 13 no. 2 (October, 2005)
  16. L.D. Baker, Transforming Anthroplogy, vol. 13 no. 1 (April, 2005)
  17. Baker, LD, Why Students Get A’s, New York Times (2002) (Section A; Page 26; Column 6.)
  18. Baker, LD, It Helps to Understand the Pressures on Marshall, The Raleigh News and Observer (1996) (A25.)
  19. Phillips, LD; Baker, LD, Roots of Reform, The Atlanta Journal (1994) (A19.)
  20. Baker, LD, Race and Class, New York Times (1992)