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Empire Of Skulls: Phrenology, The Fowler Family, And A New NationS Quest To Unlock The Secrets Of The Mind
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An Absorbing Tale Of Science And Showmanship, Ideology And Enterprise, That Provides Not Just A Fascinating History Of Our Country, But Also Crucial Insight Into The Deep Currents That Continue To Propel Modern Lifeduring The Contentious And Progressive Antebellum Era, The Fowler Family Preached A Gospel Of SelfImprovement To A Nation Eager To Embrace Its Foundational Beliefs. For The First Time, This New Science Of Phrenology Offered All Americans The Ability To Improve Their Station By Unlocking Their Innate Mental And Emotional Truths. Revered Politicians, Quirky Celebrities, Infamous Criminals, And Social Outcasts All Found Their Way To The Fowlers For Skull Readings.Brimming With The Energy To Change The World, The Fowlers Connected Phrenology To Practically Every Aspect Of Life In The Young NationFrom Abolition To WomenS Rights, Temperance To Prison Reform, Spiritualism And Mesmerism To Vegetarianism And Sexual Education. But There Was A Dark Side To This Fad And To The Fowlers, And Soon Nefarious Forces CoOpted This OnceHopeful Sensation To Justify Racism And Xenophobia.PhrenologyS Complex History Stands As A Commentary On The Dreams And Follies Of The American Republic. Though Phrenology (And The Fowlers) Ran Afoul Of The Tide Of History, Its Aspirational Insistence On An IndividualS Ability To Improve Oneself Became Embedded In The Fabric Of The Nation.
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