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SUMMARY:National types: the transatlantic publication and reception of Cra
 nia Americana (1839) - James Poskett (Department of History and Philosophy
  of Science)
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CONTACT:Natalie Lawrence
DESCRIPTION:Samuel George Morton's _Crania Americana_ (1839) is most often
  read as a foundational work for the 'American school' of 19th-century eth
 nography. In this paper\, I challenge such a reading by demonstrating how 
 transatlantic connections shaped both the publication and the reception of
  Morton's work. In this lavish folio volume\, complete with over seventy l
 ithographic plates\, Morton divides man into five races before linking the
 se races to skull configuration. However\, to date\, there have been no hi
 stories which consider the relevance of Morton's extensive correspondence 
 with physicians\, naturalists\, and phrenologists in Britain\, France\, an
 d Germany. Furthermore\, there have been no studies which consider how Mor
 ton managed the reception of _Crania Americana_ across the Atlantic Ocean\
 , in Britain and Continental Europe. This paper resituates American ethnol
 ogy within this transatlantic world\, drawing on archival collections in B
 ritain and the United States. More broadly\, I demonstrate how the history
  of the book can be developed as we move beyond national contexts.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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