The Skull Measurer's Mistake: And Other Portraits of Men and Women Who Spoke Out Against Racism

by Sven Lindqvist

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In 1981, Stephen Jay Gould exposed the bad science behind nineteenth-century American studies that "proved" that Anglo-Saxons were superior because they had larger brains. In The Skull Measurer's Mistake, Sven Lindqvist tells the story of Friedrich Tiedemann, the nineteenth-century German doctor who dared to speak out against such racist science when it was first practiced.

Often the history of racism is reduced to the study of racists...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1565843630

ISBN13:9781565843639

Release Date:June 1997

Publisher:New Press

Length:182 Pages

Weight:0.76 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.7" x 8.7"

Related Subjects

Cultural Discrimination & Racism History Politics & Social Sciences Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics World

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