Testing the truth of phrenology: Knowledge experiments in antebellum American cultures of science and health
In the first half of the nineteenth century, many Americans visited phrenological practitioners. Some clients were true believers, who consulted phrenology to choose an occupation, select a marriage partner and raise children. But, as this article demonstrates, many others consumed phrenology as an...
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Cambridge University Press
2019
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