Indigenous races of the earth, or, New chapters of ethnological enquiry ... : including monographs on special departments / contributed by Alfred Maury, Francis Pulszky and J. Aitken Meigs ... [et al.] ; presenting fresh investigations, documents, and materials by J.C. Nott and Geo. R. Gliddon.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott ; London : Trübner, 1857. |
| Description | 656 p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Maury, L.-F.-Alfred (Louis-Ferdinand-Alfred), 1817-1892. |
| Other author/creator | Pulszky, Ferencz Aurelius, 1814-1897. |
| Other author/creator | Meigs, James Aitken, 1829-1879. |
| Other author/creator | Nott, Josiah Clark, 1804-1873. |
| Other author/creator | Gliddon, George R. (George Robins), 1809-1857. |
| Portion of title | New chapters of ethnological enquiry |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Prefatory remarks by G. R. Gliddon -- Letter from Lieut. A.W. Habersham -- Letter from Prof. L. Agassiz -- Letter from Prof. J. Leidy -- On the distribution and classification of tongues / by A. Maury -- Iconographic researches on human races and their art / F. Pulszky -- The cranial characteristics of the races of men by J. A. Meigs -- Acclimation / by J.C. Nott -- The monogenists and polygenists... / by G. R. Gliddon -- Commentary upon the principal distinctions observable among the various groups of humanity / by G.R. Gliddon -- On the geographical distribution of the Simiae in relation to that of some inferior types of men / by G.R. Gliddon. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Huntington Library. |
| General note | Sabin no. 56038. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG98-B442 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |