Researches Into the Physical History of Man

by James Cowles Prichard

Book Overview

Originally published in 1813, James Cowles Prichard's Researches into the Physical History of Man was perhaps the most important anthropological work in English of the pre-Darwinian nineteenth century. Attacking the heterodox speculations of "polygenist" writers, Prichard defended the biblically based argument that all mankind was one species. He advanced interesting hypotheses concerning the processes of racial differentiation, and suggested...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226681203
• ISBN13: 9780226681207
• Release Date: April 1973
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 572 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"