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An essay on the causes of the variety of complexion and figure in the human species : to which are added, Strictures on Lord Kaims's discourse, on the original diversity of mankind / by the Rev. Samuel Stanhope Smith ..

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Author:
Smith, Samuel Stanhope 1750-1819  Search this
American Philosophical Society  Search this
Subject:
Kames, Henry Home Lord 1696-1782 Sketches of the history of man  Search this
Physical description:
147, [1] p. ; 23 cm. (8vo)
Type:
Early works to 1870
Date:
1789
1787
Notes:
"The substance of the ... essay was delivered in the annual oration before the Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, February 28, 1787.-- And the whole was published at the request of the society"--P. [3].
Topic:
Anthropology  Search this
Monogenism and polygenism  Search this
Human skin color  Search this
Call number:
GN353 .S65 1789
GN353.S65 1789
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_367744