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Bone Rooms: From Scientific Racism to Human Prehistory in Museums Samuel J. Redman
Bone Rooms: From Scientific Racism to Human Prehistory in Museums
Samuel J. Redman
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.
288 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 14, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674660410 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 408 |
| Dimensions | 244 × 166 × 34 mm · 790 g |
| Language | English |
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