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The Ivory Leg in the Ebony Cabinet: Madness, Race, and Gender in Victorian America
Thomas Cooley
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Description for The Ivory Leg in the Ebony Cabinet: Madness, Race, and Gender in Victorian America
Hardcover. From Samuel Morton's collection of Native American skulls to William James's writings on the consciousnes of lost limbs, this book examines an array of artifacts that reflect 19th-century thinking about madness, race, and gender. Num Pages: 344 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; HPC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 689.
From Samuel Morton's collection of Native American skulls to William James's writings on the consciousnes of lost limbs, this book examines an array of artifacts that reflect 19th-century thinking about madness, race, and gender.
From Samuel Morton's collection of Native American skulls to William James's writings on the consciousnes of lost limbs, this book examines an array of artifacts that reflect 19th-century thinking about madness, race, and gender.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558492844
SKU
V9781558492844
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