Frank H. Hankins

Frank Hamilton Hankins was an American sociologist and anthropologist who was the president of the American Sociological Society in 1938. He wrote the book The Racial Basis of Civilization which was critical of notions of racial superiority and racial theories such as Aryanism, Gobinism, Celticism, Anglo-Saxonism and Nordicism.
In 1933 he was one of signers of the Humanist Manifesto.
He died in New York City on January 23, 1970.

Works

The Racial Basis of Civilization: A Critique of the Nordic Doctrine An Introduction to the Study of Society: An Outline of Primary Factors and Fundamental Institutions

''Reminiscences of Frank Hamilton Hankins''