Bone Rooms
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (534 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01CG6D8IG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 279 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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(Brian Wolly Smithsonian 2016-12-30)Bone Rooms is an accessible piece of public history that can be appreciated by a general audience as well as scholars of the history of science…This book provides a contextualized history of the creation of a particularly unique phenomenon in the Western history of scientific tradition. Redman effectively portrays the remarkable personalities behind them, particularly pitting the prickly Aleš Hrdlika at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., against ally-turned-rival Franz Boas at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. (Joe Watkins Journal of Anthropological Research 2017-04-01)In this remarkably powerful work, which everyone in the museum field should read and that will certainly have a much wider audience, Redman reveal
Completely CAPTIVATING! Amazon Customer I am not a scientist – not a scholar of any kind; but, yet I found Dr. Redman’s book completely captivating. His writing style made his subject matter engaging and thought-provoking on a subject – bone rooms - I never thought I would have any interest. So, do I recommend this b. "Definitely recommend and look forward to any further publications from Redman" according to Kyle N.. A fascinating look at history! This book helps the reader understand why and how people became interested in the collection of human remains. Definitely recommend and look forward to any further publications from Redman!. Well Done! Interesting look into a not-so-distant past. This book illustrates how science and culture shape societies and how that prospective is every changing. Highly recommend for academics and general interest.
. Redman is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Samuel J
In the bone rooms of the Smithsonian Institution and other museums in the late nineteenth century, a scientific revolution was unfolding, as collectors engaged in a global competition to recover the best human skeletons, mummies, fossils. Study of these remains led to the discrediting of racial theory and the search for human origins and evolution.