Historicizing Humans - Deep Time, Evolution, and Race in Nineteenth-Century British Sciences

Takes a critical approach to nineteenth-century human history, as the contributors consider how these histories were shaped by the colonial world, and for various scientific, religious, and sociopolitical purposes. This volume highlights the underlying questions and shared assumptions that emerged as various human developmental theories competed for dominance throughout the British Empire.

About the author

Efram Sera-Shriar is a historical anthropologist who specializes in Victorian science. He is associate professor in English studies at the University of Copenhagen, where he teaches the history and culture of the English-speaking world. Sera-Shriar is the author of Psychic Investigators: Anthropology, Modern Spiritualism, and Credible Witnessing in the Late Victorian Age and The Making of British Anthropology, 1813-1871 and senior editor for The Correspondence of John Tyndall series.

Summary

Takes a critical approach to nineteenth-century human history, as the contributors consider how these histories were shaped by the colonial world, and for various scientific, religious, and sociopolitical purposes. This volume highlights the underlying questions and shared assumptions that emerged as various human developmental theories competed for dominance throughout the British Empire.

Product details

• Assisted by: Efram Sera-Shriar (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9780822945291
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4529-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 231 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Series: Science & Culture in the Nineteenth Century; Sci & Culture in the Nineteent; Sci & Culture in the Nineteent; Science & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)