{"product_id":"the-skull-measurers-mistake-and-other-portraits-hc-1997-history-biography-scienc","title":"The Skull Measurers Mistake And Other Portraits","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 26px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eIn 1981, Stephen Jay Gould exposed the bad science behind nineteenth-century American studies that proved that Anglo-Saxons were superior because they had larger brains. In \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThe Skull Measurer's Mistake\u003c\/em\u003e, Sven Lindqvist tells the story of Friedrich Tiedemann, the nineteenth-century German doctor who dared to speak out against such racist science when it was first practiced.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 26px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eOften the history of racism is reduced to the study of racists. Less well known are the stories of those who argued and fought against prejudice and persecution. In this unique book, Sven Lindqvist, Swedish author of internationally acclaimed books on Africa, China, and Latin America, profiles more than twenty nineteenth-century men and women who, while not themselves victims of racism, went against the temper of the time to expose the many faces of prejudice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 26px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;\" class=\"last-visible\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eAlong with Tiedemann's story, \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThe Skull Measurer's Mistake\u003c\/em\u003e recounts the antiracist efforts of Benjamin Franklin, Helen Hunt, Joseph Conrad, Alexis de Tocqueville, and others whose names have been forgotten. Well-documented and rich in anecdote, Lindqvist's book shows how racist arguments emerged--and reemerged--over time. At the book's core is Lindqvist's belief that knowledge of past debates about racism can help us defeat it now.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 26px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;\" class=\"last-visible\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 26px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;\" class=\"last-visible\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThis work is vintage and pre owned - good condition please see all photos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearl Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45335485251781,"sku":"OF330425368ab","price":44.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/7660\/8453\/files\/57_1bc50c83-7d1a-437a-9575-28ffd6e37378.png?v=1763090520","url":"https:\/\/pearlpress.com.au\/products\/the-skull-measurers-mistake-and-other-portraits-hc-1997-history-biography-scienc","provider":"Pearl Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}