{"product_id":"james-cowles-prichard-of-the-red-lodge-a-life-of-science-during-the-age-of-improvement-paperback-softback-9781496242341","title":"James Cowles Prichard of the Red Lodge; A Life of Science During the Age of Improvement (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496242341","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJames Cowles Prichard of the Red Lodge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Life of Science During the Age of Improvement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMargaret M. Crump (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496242341\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e666 pages, 4 photographs, 9 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“James Cowles Prichard achieved an international reputation for research on what he called the ‘physical history of mankind,’ publishing pioneering volumes on what is now called anthropology. He did this in the midst of a busy medical practice in Bristol, as well as dedicated participation in Bristol’s civic and scientific life. Margaret Crump does Prichard proud in this fine study of such a multifaceted man and his times.”-William Bynum, professor emeritus at the University College London and author of \u003ci\u003eScience and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“James Cowles Prichard was Britain’s most significant nineteenth-century, pre-Darwinian anthropologist and brilliant polymath. At long last, Margaret Crump has provided us with a much-needed, comprehensive biography of this exceptional scientist and scholar. Her archival and bibliographical scholarship are second to none and cover such exciting topics as Prichard’s Quaker background and his antiracist support for the notion of the unity of mankind. I wholeheartedly recommend this gem of first-rate academic learning that has implications for current affairs in race and equality.”-Nicolaas A. Rupke, Johnson Professor of History at Washington and Lee University and author of \u003ci\u003eRichard Owen: Biology without Darwin\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e “Posterity has bifurcated James Cowles Prichard’s contribution: historians of anthropology rarely mention his ideas on Alienism; psychiatrists know next to nothing about his ethnological work. At long last, these moieties have been brought together by Margaret M. Crump, who in a solid and sympathetic intellectual biography has regaled us with the first complete picture of this great Victorian mind.”-German E. Berrios, emeritus professor of the epistemology of psychiatry at the University of Cambridge\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cdiv\u003e“Like other famous Bristol figures, including Brunel, Elizabeth Blackwell, and Humphry Davy, Prichard finally has his definitive biography. In this exceedingly informative and engrossing account of the life and times of James Cowles Prichard, Margaret Crump expertly weaves together the life, medical career, and anthropological writings of one of Bristol’s most interesting past inhabitants.”-Jonathan Reinarz, professor of the history of medicine at the University of Birmingham and editor of \u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Medicine in the Age of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Margaret Crump rightly points out that for such an eminent Victorian, James Cowles Prichard has been strangely neglected. . . . Crump brings out the connections between Prichard’s career as a physician and as an anthropologist and discusses the influences of his Quaker faith and Tory politics on his scientific thinking. . . . Her study is well written, carefully researched, and full of interesting information.”-Adam Kuper, fellow of the British Royal Society and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Museum of Other People: From Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Margaret Crump has done a great service in writing this lively, informative, and meticulously researched biography of the remarkable James Cowles Prichard, the visionary and humane English physician and anthropologist whose landmark \u003ci\u003eResearches into the Physical History of Mankind\u003c\/i\u003e was read by both Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. In telling the story of the eminent but often overlooked Prichard, Crump’s wonderfully far-ranging book deftly interweaves the history of medicine, psychiatry, anthropology, linguistics, paleontology, evolution, and even a dash of Egyptology, illuminating the life and thought of this fascinating scientist in the context of his world-changing times.”-James T. Costa, executive director and professor at Highlands Biological Station of Western Carolina University, and author of \u003ci\u003eRadical by Nature: The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMargaret M. Crump offers the first thorough biography of British scientist and physician James Cowles Prichard (1786–1848), an intellectual giant in the developing human sciences, a pioneering psychiatric theorist, and Europe’s leading anthropologist during the first half of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Apologia\u003cbr\u003e 1. Time and Place: A Bristol Quaker Childhood in a Turbulent World\u003cbr\u003e 2. “\u003cbr\u003eA Studious Turn of Mind”\u003cbr\u003e: Preparatory Medical Education\u003cbr\u003e 3. MD, Edin: \u003ci\u003eLernfreiheit\u003c\/i\u003e in Scotland and Oxbridge\u003cbr\u003e 4. Citizen, Husband, Gentleman, Physician, and Scientist: Getting Established in Bristol, 1810–\u003cbr\u003e16\u003cbr\u003e 5. “\u003cbr\u003eSharpening Their Wits upon the Carcasses of the Poor”\u003cbr\u003e: Working for Medical Charities\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Single Origin and Unity of Humankind: Creating British Anthropology, 1805–\u003cbr\u003e26\u003cbr\u003e 7. Epidemics, History, and Mythology: Building a Reputation in Bristol, 1817–\u003cbr\u003e22\u003cbr\u003e 8. Nervous Diseases: Neurology and Psychiatry, 1822–\u003cbr\u003e47\u003cbr\u003e 9. “\u003cbr\u003eIrksome Things”\u003cbr\u003e: Improving Bristol and Medical Practice, 1823–\u003cbr\u003e26\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Early Red Lodge Years: Improving Institutions and Publications, 1827–\u003cbr\u003e32\u003cbr\u003e 11. Life and Reputation at the Red Lodge: Family, Friends, and Science, 1833–\u003cbr\u003e39\u003cbr\u003e 12. New Scientists, New Organizations, New Ideas: Developing British Anthropology, 1833–\u003cbr\u003e48\u003cbr\u003e 13. Christian Humanitarian Anthropology: Publications, 1836–\u003cbr\u003e48, and Legacy\u003cbr\u003e 14. From the Red Lodge to Asylumdom: A New Career, 1839–\u003cbr\u003e45\u003cbr\u003e 15. Public Service and Private Misery: Living in London, 1845–\u003cbr\u003e48\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670794629400,"sku":"9781496242341","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/james-cowles-prichard-of-the-red-lodge-a-life-of-science-during-the-age-of-improvement-paperback-softback-9781496242341","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}