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Phrenology has come to be regarded as one of the most pervasive, if curious, influences on Victorian...
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Phrenology has come to be regarded as one of the most pervasive, if curious, influences on Victorian thought, culture, and society, at both elite and popular levels. This volume provides alphabetically arranged entries on some 1,000 authors, lecturers, and notables of 19th-century phrenology in the British Isles. Also includes an annotated listing of about 2,200 printed and manuscript sources, and a list of English and foreign secondary sources. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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