George Combe (1788-1858) rose from humble origins to tour widely in Europe and the United States lecturing on phrenology, the popular Victorian belief that character traits were determined by the configuration of the skull. His most famous book, The Constitution of Man, published in 1828, put forwar
Between Science and Religion
β Scribed by Thompson, Phillip
- Publisher
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2009.
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 271
- Category
- Library
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