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

By: Challis, Debbie
Publisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2014Edition: Paperback editionDescription: xiv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781472587497Subject(s): Galton, Francis, Sir, 1822-1911 | Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), 1853-1942 | Eugenics -- History | Race -- Philosophy | Archaeology -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 305.8001 LOC classification: HQ751 | .C53 2014
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: Heads from Memphis and their racial types.
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Book Book British Museum Egypt and Sudan Shelves CA.CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 54063000246457
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index.

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: Heads from Memphis and their racial types.

AESMJ17, AES2017