Margaret M Crump

James Cowles Prichard of the Red Lodge

A Life of Science During the Age of Improvement

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Produktbeschreibung

Margaret M. Crump offers the first thorough biography of British scientist and physician James Cowles Prichard (1786–1848), an intellectual giant in the developing human sciences, a pioneering psychiatric theorist, and Europe’s leading anthropologist during the first half of the nineteenth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 706
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781496242341
• ISBN-10: 1496242343
• Artikelnr.: 70546778

Autorenporträt

Margaret M. Crump is an independent scholar in nineteenth-century British intellectual and cultural history and works as an arts educator and artist in Bristol, United Kingdom.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Apologia
1. Time and Place: A Bristol Quaker Childhood in a Turbulent World
2. “A Studious Turn of Mind”: Preparatory Medical Education
3. MD, Edin: Lernfreiheit in Scotland and Oxbridge
4. Citizen, Husband, Gentleman, Physician, and Scientist: Getting
Established in Bristol, 1810–16
5. “Sharpening Their Wits upon the Carcasses of the Poor”: Working for
Medical Charities
6. The Single Origin and Unity of Humankind: Creating British Anthropology,
1805–26
7. Epidemics, History, and Mythology: Building a Reputation in Bristol,
1817–22
8. Nervous Diseases: Neurology and Psychiatry, 1822–47
9. “Irksome Things”: Improving Bristol and Medical Practice, 1823–26
10. The Early Red Lodge Years: Improving Institutions and Publications,
1827–32
11. Life and Reputation at the Red Lodge: Family, Friends, and Science,
1833–39
12. New Scientists, New Organizations, New Ideas: Developing British
Anthropology, 1833–48
13. Christian Humanitarian Anthropology: Publications, 1836–48, and Legacy
14. From the Red Lodge to Asylumdom: A New Career, 1839–45
15. Public Service and Private Misery: Living in London, 1845–48
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index