Nationality and Race from an Anthropologist's Point of View Being the Robert Boyle lecture delivered before the Oxford university junior scientific club on November 17, 1919

"Nationality and Race from an Anthropologist's Point of View" by Sir Arthur Keith is a lecture turned publication that examines the complicated relationship between race and nationality through the lens of anthropology and historical events. The core argument centers on the idea that ancestral tribal behaviors significantly influence modern-day disputes between diverse racial and national groups. Keith explores how these identities have formed and changed, specifically noting the British Empire and its territories while using case studies spanning from the United States to South Africa in order to show how past colonization, movement of people, and interactions between races affect today’s societal problems. The lecture's tone is academic and analytical, suggesting that a grasp of these basic instincts is critical for navigating racial and national issues, demonstrating how the primitive organization of human society underlies many of today’s problems, and advocating for a sophisticated approach to promote change and togetherness.