British Anatomists, Phrenologists and the Construction of the Aboriginal Race, c.1790–1830

History Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-50

  Turnbull, Paul ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85165909026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14780542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2006.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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