
audiobook
by Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison) Brinton
RACES AND PEOPLES LECTURES ON THE SCIENCE OF ETHNOGRAPHY BY DANIEL G. BRINTON, A.M., M.D., Professor of Ethnology at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and of American Archæology and Linguistics in the University of Pennsylvania; President of the American Folk-Lore Society and of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia; Member of the Anthropological Societies of Berlin and Vienna and of the Ethnographical Societies of Paris and Florence, of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, Copenhagen, the Royal Academy of History of Madrid, the American Philosophical Society, the American Antiquarian Society, Etc., Etc., Etc. PHILADELPHIA DAVID McKAY, Publisher 1901
PREFACE.
MAPS, SCHEMES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
LECTURES ON ETHNOGRAPHY.
LECTURE I. THE PHYSICAL ELEMENTS OF ETHNOGRAPHY.
LECTURE II. THE PSYCHICAL ELEMENTS OF ETHNOGRAPHY.
LECTURE III. THE BEGINNINGS AND SUBDIVISIONS OF RACES.
LECTURE IV. THE EURAFRICAN RACE; SOUTH MEDITERRANEAN BRANCH.
LECTURE V. THE EURAFRICAN RACE: NORTH MEDITERRANEAN BRANCH.
LECTURE VI. THE AUSTAFRICAN RACE.
Delivered as a series of public lectures in the 1890s, this work brings together the early thinking of a leading American ethnologist. It walks listeners through the physical side of human variation—skull shapes, facial indices, hair texture, stature—and explains how climate, diet, and cultural practices shape those traits. The author also probes the limits of craniology and other measurements, reminding readers that individual differences often blur the broader patterns he seeks to map.
Packed with detailed diagrams, from skull schematics to world‑wide ethnic charts, the volume offers a visual companion to the spoken commentary. Brinton carefully cites contemporary research, inviting curious minds to follow the footnotes into deeper study. Whether you are a student of anthropology or simply intrigued by how 19th‑century scholars classified humanity, the lectures provide a clear, methodical overview of the discipline’s foundational concepts.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (386K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Julia Miller, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Release date
2018-06-12
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1837–1899
A Civil War surgeon who became a pioneering American anthropologist, he wrote widely on Native American languages, myths, and history. His work helped shape the early study of archaeology and ethnology in the United States.
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