Henry Fairfield Osborn - Race and the Search for the Origins of Man

Summary

An examination of the work of Henry Fairfield Osborn, whose great scientific concern was to link human origins to racial hierarchies. A product of conflicting paradigms, the author suggests that Osborn's empirical quest was inextricably linked to his hope of salvation.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Regal, Regal Brian
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.03.2002
• EAN: 9780754605874
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-0587-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 498 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, Evolution, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Anthropology, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, General & world history, History of Science, General and world history, Genetics (non-medical), Biography: historical, political and military, Physical anthropology, Evolution / Evolutionary biology