Notes on the United States of North America during a Phrenological Visit in 1838-39-40. Volume 2 /
George Combe (1788-1858) rose from humble origins to tour widely in Europe and the United States, lecturing on phrenology, the popular Victorian belief that character traits were determined by the configuration of the skull. He founded Britain's first Phrenological Society in 1820 in Edinburgh,...
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1841.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
Series: | Cambridge library collection. North American History.
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