Paperback
1987 · New York
by Stocking, George W., Jr.
New York: The Free Press, 1987. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6". xvii, 429pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with light rubbing and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Slight curl to front cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
In this fascinating and erudite work, George Stocking, America's most renowned historian of anthropology, probes the Victorian origins of contemporary thought on human social and cultural evolution.
George Stocking examines the portrayal of primitive peoples by Victorian travellers and missionaries. He shows how their attitudes towards the dark-skinned savages corresponded to their view of the proletarian masses produced by the Industrial Revolution.(Publisher). (Inventory #: 10503)
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
In this fascinating and erudite work, George Stocking, America's most renowned historian of anthropology, probes the Victorian origins of contemporary thought on human social and cultural evolution.
George Stocking examines the portrayal of primitive peoples by Victorian travellers and missionaries. He shows how their attitudes towards the dark-skinned savages corresponded to their view of the proletarian masses produced by the Industrial Revolution.(Publisher). (Inventory #: 10503)