Becoming Object: The Sociopolitics of the Samuel George Morton Cranial Collection

by Pamela L. Geller

A biohistoric investigation of a controversial museum collection

This book considers the vast collection of skulls amassed by Samuel Morton in the first half of the nineteenth century. Craniometric studies undertaken by this Philadelphia physician and natural historian, as previous writers have noted, advanced scientific racism. In Becoming Object, Pamela Geller shows that while the characterization is accurate, it is also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1683404726
• ISBN13: 9781683404729
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: University of Florida Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"