The Cultural Meaning of Popular Science
Subtitle: Phrenology and the Organization of Consent in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780521673297
Subjects: History of medicine; Social aspects; Medical; Science; United Kingdom, Great Britain; History; Medical / History; Medical-History; Science / History; Science--Great Britain--History; 19th century; Great Britain; Phrenology
First sentence: Historical interest in phrenology is almost as old as phrenology itself, and in many ways its study is as revealing.