The Dome of Thought: Phrenology and the Nineteenth-Century Popular Imagination

by William Hughes

The dome of thought is the first study of phrenology based primarily on the popular - rather than medical - appreciation of this important and controversial pseudoscience. With detailed reference to the reports printed in popular newspapers from the early years of the nineteenth century to the fin de si cle, the book provides an unequalled insight into the Victorian public's understanding of the techniques, assumptions and implications of defining...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526143720
• ISBN13: 9781526143723
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"