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This aptly titled book tackles an important subject: the influence of phrenology on educational and other social ideas in the nineteenth century. . . . Tomlinson's thesis is that phrenology had a far greater impact of the development on the thinking and policies of nineteenth-century reformers than historians have recognized. -- Journal of Southern History

""Stephen Tomlinson's fascinating and very well-written study focuses on the evolution of phrenological ideas among leading thinkers and reformers in Europe and the United States and explores the impact of these ideas on a number of specific reforms, including public schooling and the care of the disabled. The author's overarching argument is that while phrenology promised social progress--and helped propel a number of influential reforms--the doctrine also led in certain unhappy directions, such as racist theory and eugenics."" --Steven Mintz, author of Moralists and Modernizers: America's Pre-Civil War Reformers ""This aptly titled book tackles an important subject: the influence of phrenology on educational and other social ideas in the nineteenth century. . . . Tomlinson's thesis is that phrenology had a far greater impact of the development on the thinking and policies of nineteenth-century reformers than historians have recognized."" --Journal of Southern History

This aptly titled book tackles an important subject: the influence of phrenology on educational and other social ideas in the nineteenth century. . . . Tomlinson's thesis is that phrenology had a far greater impact of the development on the thinking and policies of nineteenth-century reformers than historians have recognized. -- Journal of Southern History Stephen Tomlinson's fascinating and very well-written study focuses on the evolution of phrenological ideas among leading thinkers and reformers in Europe and the United States and explores the impact of these ideas on a number of specific reforms, including public schooling and the care of the disabled. The author's overarching argument is that while phrenology promised social progress--and helped propel a number of influential reforms--the doctrine also led in certain unhappy directions, such as racist theory and eugenics. -- Steven Mintz, author of Moralists and Modernizers: America's Pre-Civil War Reformers

Stephen Tomlinson's fascinating and very well-written study focuses on the evolution of phrenological ideas among leading thinkers and reformers in Europe and the United States and explores the impact of these ideas on a number of specific reforms, including public schooling and the care of the disabled. The author's overarching argument is that while phrenology promised social progress--and helped propel a number of influential reforms--the doctrine also led in certain unhappy directions, such as racist theory and eugenics. -- Steven Mintz, author of Moralists and Modernizers: America's Pre-Civil War Reformers This aptly titled book tackles an important subject: the influence of phrenology on educational and other social ideas in the nineteenth century. . . . Tomlinson's thesis is that phrenology had a far greater impact of the development on the thinking and policies of nineteenth-century reformers than historians have recognized. -- Journal of Southern History

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Stephen Tomlinson is Associate Professor in the Social Foundations of Education at The University of Alabama, USA.

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