Race and Aesthetics in the Anthropology of Petrus Camper (1722-1789) Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1999
(Studies in the History of Ideas in the Low Countries Volume 4) ISBN: 90-420-0434-7 US $40.00 by Miriam Claude Meijer, Ph.D.
1. Introduction.
2. Camper, his life and philosophy.
3. Man and the anthropoid ape.
4. The question of color.
5. Graphic representation.
6. The intersection of race and beauty.
7. History of the Facial Angle Theory.
8. Conclusion. Appendix: Camper’s lecture On the Origin and Color of Blacks.