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

LIBRA GN90 .F33 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fabian, Ann.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851. Crania Americana.
Morton, Samuel George.
Craniology--Social aspects--United States--19th century.
Craniology.
Anthropometry--United States--History--19th century.
Anthropometry.
Skull--Catalogs and collections--United States--History--19th century.
Skull.
Catalogs.
History.
Social aspects.
United States.
Physical Description:
xi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Contents:
"The promise of a fine skull"
A native among the headhunters
Crania Americana
"News from the Feegees"
The unburied dead.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780226233482
0226233480
OCLC:
468232598

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