Right Hand: Left-Handedness

Klappentext This 1891 work examines the history and possible reasons behind left-handedness, as recorded by an eminent archaeologist and anthropologist. Zusammenfassung As a left-hander, the archaeologist and anthropologist Daniel Wilson (1816–92) was interested to discover as many left-handed Stone Age implements as right. In 1891 he published the results of his studies of left-handedness, which he concludes is hereditary and relates to the dominance of one hemisphere of the brain. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The hand; 2. The educated hand; 3. The willing hand; 4. Palaeolithic dexterity; 5. The dishonoured hand; 6. The primitive abacus; 7. The compass points; 8. Handwriting; 9. Psycho-physical action; 10. Conflict of theories; 11. Hand and brain.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Wilson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.10.2012
• EAN: 9781108053068
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05306-8
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology