Labeling people : French scholars on society, race and empire, 1815-1848 /
"During the turbulent era of revolution and industrialization in nineteenth-century France, scholars searched for methods to distinguish individual dispositions to intelligence and good character. They also sought to prove the superiority of Europeans. In Labeling People Martin S. Staum explore...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2003.
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Colección: | McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ;
36. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine derived contents note: 1 The Hlll Cunre and the Nineteenth-Century Organic Society 3
- 2 The Facial Angle, Physiognomy, and Racial Theory 23
- 3 The Ambivalence of Phrenology 49
- 4 Human Geography, "Race," and Empire 85
- 5 Ethnology and the Civilizability of"Races" 122
- 6 Constructing the "Other" in the Early Social Sciences 158
- Appendices
- 1 Active Members of the Societe phrenologique de Paris
- or supporters of phrenology 193
- 2 Societe de g6ographie de Paris Founders 195
- 3 Members of the Societe ethnologique de Paris 202
- Bibliography 213
- Index 239.