The Cultural Meaning of Popular Science : Phrenology and the Organization of Consent in Nineteenth-Century Britain
by
Roger Cooter
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
ISBN-10
0521673291
ISBN-13
9780521673297
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 30th, 2005
Print length
436 Pages
Weight
708 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 22.90 x 3.50 cms
Product Classification:
History of medicine
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This study of the popularity of phrenology in the second quarter of the nineteenth century concentrates on the social and ideological functions of science during the consolidation of urban industrial society. It is influenced by Foucault, by recent work in the history and sociology of science, by critical theory, and by cultural anthropology.
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