Bone rooms : from scientific racism to human prehistory in museums / Samuel J. Redman.
Bone rooms : from scientific racism to human prehistory in museums / Samuel J. Redman.
Bone rooms : from scientific racism to human prehistory in museums / Samuel J. Redman.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Call Numbers
G 2017/2792
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Language
English
Physical Description
Physical content
373 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Collecting bodies for science -- Salvaging race and remains -- The medical body on display -- The story of man through the ages -- Scientific racism and museum remains -- Skeletons and human prehistory.
Publication information
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Date Published
2016.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"This book explores human remains as objects for research and display in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Influenced by early skull collectors such as Samuel George Morton, zealous scientists at museums in the United States established human skeletal collections. Museums such as the Smithsonian Institution, the American Museum of...
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Full title
Bone rooms : from scientific racism to human prehistory in museums / Samuel J. Redman.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-353) and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2017/2792
Record Identifier
74VKVaQeXvyl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVaQeXvyl
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ISBN
9780674660410
DDC
930.107473
MMS ID
991024104419702626
