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Bone rooms from scientific racism to human prehistory in museums
Author
Title
Bone rooms [electronic resource] : from scientific racism to human prehistory in museums / Samuel J. Redman.
ISBN
9780674969711 (electronic bk.)
0674969715 (electronic bk.)
9780674660410
0674660412
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Copyright Notice Date
©2016
Physical Description
1 online resource (373 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of black and white plates) : illustrations.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Other formats
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Redman, Samuel J. Bone rooms. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2016
Original
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 18, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-353) and index.
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.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Body Remains.
Population Groups - classification.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
Also listed under
Walter de Gruyter & Co.
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