Empire of Skulls: Phrenology, the Fowler Family, and a New Nation's Quest to Unlock the Secrets of the Mind
by Paul Stob
Paul Stob examines phrenology, the Fowler family, and a new nation’s search for knowledge about the mind. Through this history of skulls, ideas, and intellectual ambition, Empire of Skulls considers how phrenology became part of a broader effort to understand human nature.
About This Book
Empire of Skulls explores phrenology and its place in the intellectual and cultural history of a new nation.
The book focuses on the Fowler family and their connection to the study of the mind through the shape of the skull.
By tracing this pursuit, Paul Stob presents a historical account of the hopes and ideas surrounding phrenology.
This work offers readers an accessible way to consider how nineteenth-century understandings of mind and human nature were shaped.
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