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“Thoughtful, deeply intelligent, and immensely readable.―—Alison Gopnik, The Atlantic
“Kingâ€s comprehensive archival research illuminates intellectual giants . . . With a light yet
unmistakable touch, King connects the dots from Boasâ€s time to ours. He mentions President
Donald Trumpâ€s describing of Mexicans as ‘rapists†during the kickoff of his presidential
campaign, and we get the point: The reduction of human beings to types—people stereotyped as
inferior and menacing, deserving of being keep out or cast out—is a clear and present danger.
Reading Gods of the Upper Air, though, provides inspiration. The anthropology of equality tells
us that every population is as fully human as any other, and deserving of understanding and
compassion.― —Barbara J. King, NPR.org  “[Gods of the Upper Air] offers a vitally
relevant way to frame the ugly spectre of racism as it resurfaces in our politics . . . Now, more than
ever, we need to recognise how Boas and others developed an alternative vision of humanity.
Understanding this oft-ignored intellectual history is a first step towards defending it.― —Gillian
Tett, Financial Times  “[King] succeeds in bringing Mead and her fellow travelers into sharp
focus as they pioneered a new field and documented mankindâ€s many-splendored diversity in
a positive, rather than a divisive, light.― —David Holahan, USA Today“An intellectual
adventure story of the best sort—elegantly written, thought-provoking, and full of biographical
riches.― —Sarah Bakewell, author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Cafe  “A
masterful history of a group of maverick thinkers in the early 20th century who aimed to dethrone
the eugenicists dominating racial thought. With eugenics ascendant again, Kingâ€s story is
a vital book for our times.― —Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped from the Beginning: The
Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, winner of the 2016 National Book Award
 “Deeply thought-provoking and brilliantly written, Gods of the Upper Air is a walk in the
shoes of giants. Charles King takes you on an unforgettable journey as daring anthropologists
unravel the profound mysteries of culture and mankind, and discover that they, too, were only
human.― —David Hoffman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Dead Hand and The
Billion Dollar Spy  “This exciting—even entrancing—story traces the birth of a new
science in the early twentieth century, championed by a scrappy genius who trained a cadre of
bold women for the work. Charles King writes with verve and authority as he follows the
nationâ€s first cultural anthropologists to far-flung field sites that suggested antidotes to the

racism and xenophobia of American society.― —Dava Sobel, author of The Glass Universe
and Longitude “In any era, Gods of the Upper Air would be a scholarly masterpiece—an
elegantly written, wickedly perceptive account of Fra