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The Cultural Meaning of Popular Science: Phrenology and the Organization of Consent in Nineteenth-Century Britain
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1986
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BiopoliticsSocial SenseHumanitiesHistory Of SciencePopular ScienceNineteenth-century BritainCultural MeaningPhilosophy Of HistoryMass CultureCritical TheoryLanguage StudiesBritish LiteratureIllustrations Preface NotePopular CultureHistorical AnalysisSocialism
List of illustrations Preface Note on sources and abbreviations Introduction Part I. Historiography: 1. From out the cerebral well Part II. Science and Social Interests: 2. The social sense of brain 3. The rites of passage Part III. Popular Science: 4. George Combe and the remolding of man's constitution 5. The poacher turned gamekeeper: phrenologists abroad 6. Secular methodism Part IV. Radical Appropriation and Critique: 7. Richard Carlile and infidel science 8. On standing socialism on its head Conclusion Appendix Notes Manuscript sources and public documents Phrenological journals Bibliographical index General index.