Primitive Man

Louis Figuier (1819-1894)

Verlag: Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Beschreibung

xix+348 pages with frontispiece, fugues, tables, illustrations and index. Royal octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with pictorial decorative spine and pictorial cover. First published in 1871. Louis Figuier was a French scientist and writer. He was the nephew of Pierre-Oscar Figuier and became Professor of chemistry at L'Ecole de pharmacie of Montpellier. Though his works are highly respected, it is often unmentioned that he was in fact a staunch racist of the time. Figuier played a key role in perpetuating the blatantly myopic misconception that people of black origin were mentally inferior, were not fully human, smelled poorly, and were promiscuous. His citing of these ill-formed concepts of course were and are not true yet he remains celebrated in his achievements. Condition: Extremities rubbed, inner hinges cracked with front beginning to separate, some plates loose, shelf wear, spine ends rubbed else good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BOOKS000568

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Primitive Man

Verlag: Chatto and Windus, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1876

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket