The ivory leg in the ebony cabinet
madness, race, and gender in Victorian America
Geschichte (1800-1900)
Zivilisation
United states, history, 19th century
Prejudice
History, 19th Century
History of Medicine
United states, social conditions
United states, race relations
Psychologie
Civilization
Psychology
United States
History
"From Samuel Morton's collection of Native American skulls to William James's writings on the consciousness of lost limbs, this book examines a startling array of artifacts that reflect nineteenth-century thinking about madness, race, and gender. According to Thomas W. Cooley, what unites these seem…
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