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Hardback. Zustand: Good. Today, everyone remembers phrenology - the study of the formation of the skull as indicative of mental faculties and traits of character - as pseudoscientific at best and racist at worst. And it most certainly contains elements of both. But, as author Paul Stob presents in Empire of Skulls, phrenology also has the unique distinction of marking the birth of the self-help movement, right alongside the birth of America. The science of phrenology was premised on a simple yet revolutionary idea: The bumps, spans, and masses on your head mirror those on your brain, and they are the keys to your past, present, and future. Discovered in Europe in the late-eighteenth century and promulgated across the U.S. in the decades before the Civil War, phrenology captured the imagination of millions of Americans thanks largely to the efforts of one family: the Fowlers. Viewing the science as essential to personal and social advancement, siblings Orson, Lorenzo, and Charlotte Fowler set about transforming American life by unlocking the secrets of skulls. Year after year, the Fowlers delivered lectures from Maine to the Great Plains, performed hundreds of thousands of hands-on character examinations, created a wildly popular tourist attraction, the Phrenological Cabinet, in New York City, and established a preeminent publishing firm, Fowlers and Wells. And they examined the heads of the full range of humans - pirates, murderers, rapists, thieves, prisoners and the insane, as well as presidents, statesmen, inventors, activists, writers, artists, and, most importantly, ordinary Americans. These efforts led first to a profitable business, then to a cultural movement, and finally to an empire of influence - one built on the promises and perils of human skulls. Though their names are seldom remembered today, this entertaining and absorbing read shows how their empire reshaped American life at a pivotal time in the nation's history.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 256 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.28 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 256 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.28 inches. In Stock.

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Zustand: New. 2013. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An absorbing tale of science and showmanship, ideology and enterprise, that provides not just a fascinating history of our country, but also crucial insight into the deep currents that continue to propel modern lifeDuring the contentious and progressive antebellum era, the Fowler family preached a gospel of self-improvement to a nation eager to embrace its foundational beliefs. For the first time, this new "science" of phrenology offered all Americans the ability to improve their station by unlocking their innate mental and emotional truths. Revered politicians, quirky celebrities, infamous criminals, and social outcasts all found their way to the Fowlers for skull readings.Brimming with the energy to change the world, the Fowlers connected phrenology to practically every aspect of life in the young nationfrom abolition to women's rights, temperance to prison reform, spiritualism and mesmerism to vegetarianism and sexual education. But there was a dark side to this fad and to the Fowlers, and soon nefarious forces co-opted this once-hopeful sensation to justify racism and xenophobia.Phrenology's complex history stands as a commentary on the dreams and follies of the American republic. Though phrenology (and the Fowlers) ran afoul of the tide of history, its aspirational insistence on an individual's ability to improve oneself became embedded in the fabric of the nation. …

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 264 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.73 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorPaul Stob is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Vanderbilt University.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - At the turn of the twentieth century, no other public intellectual was as celebrated in America as the influential philosopher and psychologist William James. Sought after around the country, James developed his ideas in lecture halls and via essays and books intended for general audiences. Reaching out to and connecting with these audiences was crucial to James--so crucial that in 1903 he identified 'popular statement,' or speaking and writing in a way that animated the thought of popular audiences, as the 'highest form of art.' Paul Stob's thought-provoking history traces James's art of popular statement through pivotal lectures, essays, and books, including his 1878 lectures in Baltimore and Boston, 'Talks to Teachers on Psychology,' 'The Varieties of Religious Experience,' and 'Pragmatism.' The book explores James's unique approach to public address, which involved crafting lectures in science, religion, and philosophy around ordinary people and their experiences. With democratic bravado, James confronted those who had accumulated power through various systems of academic and professional authority, and argued that intellectual power should be returned to the people. Stob argues that James gave those he addressed a central role in the pursuit of knowledge and fostered in them a new intellectual curiosity unlike few scholars before or since.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 370 pages. 8.90x5.90x0.90 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The award-winning The Art of Public Speaking offers a time-tested approach that has made it the most widely used college textbook on its subject in the world. Seamlessly coordinated with Connect, McGraw Hill's path-breaking online program, it supplies a proven set of teaching and learning tools that is without parallel among public speaking books.For experienced instructors, The Art of Public Speaking presents a solid, fully customizable foundation and an abundance of teaching aids from which to choose, allowing for complete teaching flexibility in the course. For novice instructors, its wisdom, steady hand, and unmatched ancillary package instill confidence and build success in the classroom from day one. This product is Evergreen: updated and relevant with new content and tools delivered directly to your existing Connect course. Engage students and freshen up assignments with up-to-date coverage of select topics and new questions, all without having to switch editions or build a new course. These updates will include:¿ Expanded chapter on presenting online speeches ¿ NEW full student speeches ¿ Fresh real-world examples ¿ Enhanced discussion of presentation technology ¿ Updated MLA and APA citation models.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. ISE The Art of Public Speaking: 2023 Release | Paul Stob (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2023 | McGraw-Hill Education | EAN 9781266755231 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…

Zustand: New. Explores the myriad ways that people in the nineteenth century grappled with questions of learning, belonging, civic participation, and deliberation. Focuses on the dynamics of gender, race, region, and religion, and how individuals and groups often exclude.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 249 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 2018. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Changes to the landscape of higher education in the United States over the past decades have urged scholars grappling with issues of privilege, inequality, and social immobility to think differently about how we learn and deliberate. Thinking Together is a multidisciplinary conversation about how people approached similar questions of learning and difference in the nineteenth century.In the open air, in homes, in public halls, and even in prisons, people pondered recurring issues: justice, equality, careers, entertainment, war and peace, life and death, heaven and hell, the role of education, and the nature of humanity itself. Paying special attention to the dynamics of race and gender in intellectual settings, the contributors to this volume consider how myriad groups and individuals--many of whom lived on the margins of society and had limited access to formal education--developed and deployed knowledge useful for public participation and public advocacy around these concerns. Essays examine examples such as the women and men who engaged lecture culture during the Civil War; Irish immigrants who gathered to assess their relationship to the politics and society of the New World; African American women and men who used music and theater to challenge the white gaze; and settler-colonists in Liberia who created forums for envisioning a new existence in Africa and their relationship to a U.S. homeland. Taken together, this interdisciplinary exploration shows how learning functioned not only as an instrument for public action but also as a way to forge meaningful ties with others and to affirm the value of an intellectual life.By highlighting people, places, and purposes that diversified public discourse, Thinking Together offers scholars across the humanities new insights and perspectives on how difference enhances the human project of thinking together.…