The Inequality of Human Races (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Unearth the roots of 19th‑century race science and its lasting questions about human difference.

This edition surveys the nineteenth‑century debate on racial types, examining how scholars measured skulls, classified peoples, and drew sweeping conclusions about civilization and intellect.

From early methods that used facial angles to modern critiques of those ideas, the text traces how scholars like Camper, Blumenbach, and Morton shaped the conversation. It also explains the limits of these classifications and the challenges of comparing skulls across populations. The work presents historical context, showing how ideas about race intertwined with culture, environment, and philosophy of civilization.

• Clear explanations of historical methods used to compare human skulls and bodies.
• Discussion of major figures in craniology and their competing theories.
• Insight into the ways racial arguments influenced views on civilization and progress.
• A critical look at how scientific claims were evaluated and contested.

Ideal for readers seeking context on the origins of racial science and its place in the broader history of ideas.

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