The Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa
The Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa

Author: Francis Galton

Publisher: Cosimo Classics

Published: 1853

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13:

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"...the vast unexplored region before us will [not] yield its secrets to a single traveller, but rather [...] they will become known step by step through various successive discoveries." -Sir Francis Galton, The Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa In The Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical South Africa (1883), Sir Francis Galton describes an expedition he led to Southwest Africa in the 1850s. This expedition was a watershed event in the author's life. Because Galton was among the first to explore this South African territory, the effort earned him a Gold Medal from the Royal Geographical Society and launched his career as a scientist. This publication is a color replica of the original 1883 edition.

A Life of Sir Francis Galton
A Life of Sir Francis Galton

Author: Nicholas W. Gillham

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 429

ISBN-13: 0195143655

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This vivid biography of the father of eugenics is also a superb portrait of science in the Victorian era. 10 halftones & 26 line illustrations.

Anthropology and the Bushman
Anthropology and the Bushman

Author: Alan Barnard

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-05-18

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1000190110

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The Bushman' is a perennial but changing image. The transformation of that image is important. It symbolizes the perception of Bushman or San society, of the ideas and values of ethnographers who have worked with Bushman peoples, and those of other anthropologists who use this work. Anthropology and the Bushman covers early travellers and settlers, classic nineteenth and twentieth-century ethnographers, North American and Japanese ecological traditions, the approaches of African ethnographers, and recent work on advocacy and social development. It reveals the impact of Bushman studies on anthropology and on the public. The book highlights how Bushman or San ethnography has contributed to anthropological controversy, for example in the debates on the degree of incorporation of San society within the wider political economy, and on the validity of the case for 'indigenous rights' as a special kind of human rights. Examining the changing image of the Bushman, Barnard provides a new contribution to an established anthropology debate.

Visualizing Africa in Nineteenth-Century British Travel Accounts
Visualizing Africa in Nineteenth-Century British Travel Accounts

Author: Leila Koivunen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-11-19

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 1135856117

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This study examines and explains how British explorers visualized the African interior in the latter part of the nineteenth century, providing the first sustained analysis of the process by which this visual material was transformed into the illustrations in popular travel books. At that time, central Africa was, effectively, a blank canvas for Europeans, unknown and devoid of visual representations. While previous works have concentrated on exploring the stereotyped nature of printed imagery of Africa, this study examines the actual production process of images and the books in which they were published in order to demonstrate how, why, and by whom the images were manipulated. Thus, the main focus of the work is not on the aesthetic value of pictures, but in the activities, interaction, and situations that gave birth to them in both Africa and Europe.

Twenty-Four Stories From Psychology
Twenty-Four Stories From Psychology

Author: John D. Hogan

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2019-08-12

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1506378242

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A good story sets the stage for engaged learning. Nowhere is this more important than in foundational courses, such as Introductory or History of Psychology. By weaving foundational and modern characters across a historical landscape, John Hogan’s Twenty-Four Stories from Psychology captivates readers with the rich stories- the who, what, where, why and how- for many of the major theories and colorful characters who have shaped the development of Psychology as a field.