The living races of mankind : a popular illustrated account of the customs, habits, pursuits, feasts & ceremonies of the races of mankind throughout the world
A popular ethnological survey published in London by Hutchinson & Co. in 1902, written by Harry Hamilton Johnston and H. N. Hutchinson for a general readership, describing the customs, pursuits and ceremonies of peoples across the world. Its pictures are plain photographic portraits and group studies of people in dress and settings such as thatch, bamboo screens and forest clearings, with clear frontal poses and captions naming the photographer or source, giving a designer straightforward documentary reference for posture, costume and textile detail.
