CONTENTS
PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
CHAPTER I
| The Pioneers of Physical Anthropology | [6]-[27] |
Definition of the word “Anthropology.” Fundamental conceptions. Race discrimination: in Bushman paintings, in the art of ancient Egypt, Assyria, etc., in Vedic literature. Hippocrates. Aristotle. Vesalius. Spigel. Tyson. Pygmies. Linnæus. Buffon. Blumenbach. Monsters and Wild Men.
CHAPTER II.
| The Systematisers of Physical Anthropology | [28]-[49] |
Craniology: Blumenbach, the founder of Craniology. Camper and the facial angel. Various early craniologists. Retzius and the Cephalic Index. Grattan. Broca. Topinard. De Quatrefages. Virchow. Sergi. Hagen’s and Macalister’s criticisms of craniometry. Anthropometry: White and others. Measurements and observations of living populations: Beddoe. Virchow. Methods of dealing with anthropometrical data: Indices. Averages. Seriations. Curves. Mathematical treatment: Quetelet. Galton. Karl Pearson. Scientific and practical value of anthropometry: In the origin and differentiation of man. Racial history. Heredity. Galton. Miscegenation. The effect of the environment. Test of physical fitness. Identification of criminals. Bertillon. Galton.
CHAPTER III.
| Anthropological Controversies | [50]-[69] |
Origin of man. Polygenism and Monogenism. Lawrence. Lord Monboddo. Lamarck. Cuvier. Étienne Saint-Hilaire. Robert Chambers: Vestiges of Creation. Herbert Spencer. Darwin: Origin of Species. The negro’s place in nature. James Hunt.
CHAPTER IV.
| The Unfolding of the Antiquity of Man | [70]-[78] |
Fossil man. Cannstadt, Neanderthal, Spy, and other finds. Homo Heidelbergensis, Homo primigenius, Pithecanthropus erectus.
CHAPTER V.
| Comparative Psychology | [79]-[87] |
Phrenology. Psychical research. Methods and aims of Psychology. Ethnical psychology. Bastian. Folk psychology. Experimental psychology. Eugenics.
CHAPTER VI.
| The Classification and Distribution of Man | [88]-[98] |
Race description and classification. Bernier. Linnæus. Blumenbach. Other classifications. Pruner Bey. Bory de S. Vincent. Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. Haeckel. Broca and Topinard. Flower. Deniker. Keane. Man’s place in nature. Huxley. Vogt.
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY.
CHAPTER VII.
| Ethnology: Its Scope and Sources | [99]-[110] |
Definition. Sources. Herodotus. Lucretius. Strabo. Travellers. Missionaries. Systematic works on Ethnology. Prichard. Other generalisations. Ethnology and the Classics. Ethnology and Political Science.
CHAPTER VIII.
| The History of Archæological Discovery | [111]-[125] |
Prehistoric man. Flint implements. Denmark. Caves: Oreston. Kirkdale. Liège. Kent’s Cavern. Lake dwellings. Irish crannogs. Swiss pile dwellings. Brixham Cave. Boucher de Perthes. Subsequent progress of Archæology. France. Britain. Germany, etc. Tertiary man. Eoliths.
CHAPTER IX.
| Technology | [126]-[127] |
Pitt-Rivers. Otis T. Mason. H. Balfour. H. Colley March. Stolpe.
CHAPTER X.
| Sociology and Religion | [128]-[143] |
Comparative Ethnology. Tylor. Avebury. Sociology. Comte. Buckle. Herbert Spencer. Bachofen, Morgan, McLennan, and others. Magic and Religion. Anthropology and Religion. Folklore. Comparative Religion.
CHAPTER XI.
| Linguistics | [144]-[148] |
The Aryan controversy. Language and Race.
CHAPTER XII.
| Cultural Classification and the Influence of Environment | [149]-[152] |
Gallatin. Wilhelm von Humboldt. Hippocrates. Buffon. Alexander von Humboldt, Ritter, and Waitz. Buckle. Ratzel. Reclus. Le Play.
| Retrospect | [153] |
| Bibliography | [155] |
| Index of Authors | [157] |