Evolution in the museum
Subtitle: envisioning African origins
By: Monique Scott.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415405393; 9780415405409
Subjects: Human beings -- Origin; Human evolution -- Africa; Anthropological museums and collections -- Social aspects; Museum exhibits -- Social aspects; Racism in anthropology; Race discrimination -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Up from Africa; title: Evolving into the familiar; title: Revisiting Victorian progress; title: Envisioning our evolutionary beginnings; title: Envisioning our evolutionary destinies; title: The Black counter-narrative; title: "Out of Africa" in Kenya; title: Postscript: The big picture.