Dome of thought, the: phrenology and the nineteenth-century popular imagination
Auteur :
Hughes, William
Éditeur :
Manchester University Press
ISBN :
9781526143723
Date de publication :
30 mars 2022
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
531 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The dome of thought is an accessible and lively history of the Victorian pseudoscience of phrenology. It makes extensive use of the popular accounts found in contemporary newspapers and journals, the majority of this material being reproduced for the first time since the nineteenth century. -- .