The archaeology of race : the eugenic ideas of Francis Galton and Flinders Petrie /

The archaeology of race : the eugenic ideas of Francis Galton and Flinders Petrie /

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Main Author: Challis, Debbie (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.

Subjects:

Galton, Francis, > 1822-1911.
Petrie, W. M. Flinders > (William Matthew Flinders), > 1853-1942.
Archaeology > Philosophy.
Eugenics > History.
Race > Philosophy.

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Call Number: HQ751 .C53 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • •Races and men : 'all is race' •Galton and genius •Fitting aesthetics •Photographing races from antiquity •Greek art, Greek faces? •Peopling the Old Testament •Akhenaten's bloodline •The new ancient race •Flinders Petrie and Edwardian politics •Heads •Afterword / by Kate Sheppard •Appendix A: Memphis heads / compiled with Alice Williams.