The skull collectors : race, science, and America's unburied dead /

"When Philadelphia naturalist Samuel George Morton died in 1851, no one cut off his head, boiled away its flesh, and added his grinning skull to a collection of crania. It would have been strange, but perhaps fitting, had Morton's skull wound up in a collector's cabinet, for Morton hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fabian, Ann
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Morton, Samuel George, > 1799-1851. > Crania Americana.
1800-1899
Craniology > Social aspects > United States > 19th century.
Anthropometry > United States > History > 19th century.
Skull > Catalogs and collections > United States > History > 19th century.
Craniologie > Aspect social > États-Unis > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
Anthropometry
United States
Electronic book.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "The promise of a fine skull"
  • A native among the headhunters
  • Crania Americana
  • "News from the Feegees"
  • The unburied dead.

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