Head Masters Phrenology, Secular Education, and Nineteenth-Century Social Thought
Contributes to a better understanding of Horace Mann and the educational reform movement he advanced.Head Masters challenges the assumption that phrenology-the study of the conformation of the skull as it relates to mental faculties and character-played only a minor and somewhat anecdotal role in th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798220006719 |
| Summary: | Contributes to a better understanding of Horace Mann and the educational reform movement he advanced.Head Masters challenges the assumption that phrenology-the study of the conformation of the skull as it relates to mental faculties and character-played only a minor and somewhat anecdotal role in the development of education. Stephen Tomlinson asserts instead that phrenology was a scientifically respectable theory of human nature, perhaps the first solid physiological psychology. He shows that the first phrenologists were among the most prominent scientists and intelle |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (456 p.) |
