Tomlinson, Stephen, 1954-

Head masters phrenology, secular education, and nineteenth-century social thought / [electronic resource] : Stephen Tomlinson. - Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c2005. - xv, 437 p., [9] p. of plates : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-421) and index.

The science of man -- Ideology and education in Virginia -- Gall, naturalist of the mind -- The birth of the normal -- George Combe and the rise of phrenology in Britain -- Schooling for a new moral world -- The eye of the community -- The philosophy of Christianity -- James Simpson and the necessity of popular education -- Insanity, education, and the introduction of phrenology to America -- Phrenological Mann -- From savagery to civilization -- Guardians of the republic -- The high tide of secularism -- The education of Littlehead -- Race, science, and the republic -- Ministering to the body politic.


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