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Bone Rooms

- From Scientific Racism to Human Prehistory in Museums

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In the bone rooms of the Smithsonian Institution and other museums in the late nineteenth century, a scientific revolution was unfolding, as collectors engaged in a global competition to recover the best human skeletons, mummies, fossils. Study of these remains led to the discrediting of racial theory and the search for human origins and evolution.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674660410
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 408
  • Udgivet:
  • 14. marts 2016
  • Størrelse:
  • 244x166x34 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 790 g.
Leveringstid: 2-3 uger
Forventet levering: 30. november 2024

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In the bone rooms of the Smithsonian Institution and other museums in the late nineteenth century, a scientific revolution was unfolding, as collectors engaged in a global competition to recover the best human skeletons, mummies, fossils. Study of these remains led to the discrediting of racial theory and the search for human origins and evolution.

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