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ISBN: 9780029315514 - Victorian Anthropology
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Victorian Anthropology

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George W. Stocking

ISBN: 9780029315514
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Simon & Schuster


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Stocking examines the portrayal of primitive peoples by Victorian travellers and missionaries. He shows how their attitudes towards the "dark-skinned savages" corresponded to their view of the proletarian masses produced by the Industrial Revolution.

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Stocking examines the portrayal of primitive peoples by Victorian travellers and missionaries. He shows how their attitudes towards the "dark-skinned savages" corresponded to their view of the proletarian masses produced by the Industrial Revolution.
 
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