“Biography of a Dangerous Idea further cements Andrew S. Curran as one of our greatest scholars of the terrible history of race. . . A vitally important, beautifully crafted book.”

— Henry Louis Gates, Jr., author of The Black Box: Writing the Race

‘This book is urgently needed. It restores vitality to the story of how race became a dominant political and scientific idea.”

— Paul Gilroy, author of There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack

“A true gift for readers who seek to understand this complicated story.

–Robert Bernasconi, author of The Critical Philosophy of Race

“[This book] is sweeping, it is stunning, and hard to put down.”

–Rana A. Hogarth, author of Medicalizing Blackness