The dome of thought : Phrenology and the nineteenth-century popular imagination
by William Hughes
Title:
The dome of thought : Phrenology and the nineteenth-century popular imagination
Author:
William Hughes
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
336 pages, 10 black & white, 1 table
Publisher:
Manchester University Press (P648)
ISBN-13:
9781526143723
EAN:
9781526143723
Classifications:
Literature: history and criticism
Weight (g):
668
Dimensions (mm):
145 x 222 x 27
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Price:£57.38
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Description
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.
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