Machine derived contents note: 1 The Hlll Cunre and the Nineteenth-Century Organic Society 3 -- 2 The Facial Angle, Physiognomy, and Racial Theory 23 -- 3 The Ambivalence of Phrenology 49 -- 4 Human Geography, "Race," and Empire 85 -- 5 Ethnology and the Civilizability of"Races" 122 -- 6 Constructing the "Other" in the Early Social Sciences 158 -- Appendices -- 1 Active Members of the Societe phrenologique de Paris -- or supporters of phrenology 193 -- 2 Societe de g6ographie de Paris Founders 195 -- 3 Members of the Societe ethnologique de Paris 202 -- Bibliography 213 -- Index 239
Summary
"During the turbulent era of revolution and industrialization in nineteenth-century France, scholars searched for methods to distinguish individual dispositions to intelligence and good character. They also sought to prove the superiority of Europeans. In Labeling People Martin S. Staum explores the use of geography, phrenology, and ethnology to classify people, showing how early nineteenth-century concepts of racial inequality prefigured the imperialist associationist discourse of the Third Republic. Such ideas justified European tutelage of 'civilizable' peoples and provided an open invitation to dominate and exploit the 'uncivilizable.'"--Jacket
