Description: An essay on the causes of the variety of complexion and figure in the human species :

An essay on the causes of the variety of complexion and figure in the human species : to which are added, animadversions on certain remarks made on the first edition of this essay, by Mr. Charles White, in a series of discourses delivered before the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester in England : also, strictures on Lord Kaims' discourse on the original diversity of mankind : and an appendix /

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Main Author:	Smith, Samuel Stanhope, 1750-1819.
Contributors:	Deare, Lewis, 1780?-1817, (Printer), White, Charles, 1728-1813.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New-Brunswick : Published by J. Simpson and Co. ; and Brannan and Morford, Philadelphia ; and E. Morford, Willington and Co., Charleston (S.C.), 1810
Edition:	The second edition ... enlarged and improved.
Subjects and Genres:	White, Charles, > 1728-1813. Kames, Henry Home, > Lord, > 1696-1782. > Sketches of the history of man. Anthropology > Miscellanea. Monogenism and polygenism. Human skin color. Indians. Physical anthropology. Race. Indians of North America. Skin Pigmentation Anthropology, Physical Racial Groups Indians, North American American Indian or Alaska Native. Anthropologie > Miscellanées. Couleur de la peau. Indiens d'Amérique. Anthropologie physique. Indiens d'Amérique > Amérique du Nord. physical anthropology. Anthropology. Address speeches (documents) Trivia and miscellanea. Speeches. Discours.
Online Access:	http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/2572031R
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Item Description:	"Strictures on Lord Kaims' [i.e. Kames'] discourse on the original diversity of mankind": pages [307]-349. "Appendix. Of the natural bravery and fortitude of the American Indians": pages [351]-411. Originally published in Philadelphia in 1787. "Remarks on certain strictures made on the first edition of this essay, by Mr. Charles White" (p. [247]-306) was published in London in 1799 under title: An account of the regular gradation in man, and in different animals and vegetables.
Physical Description:	411, [1] p. ; 22 cm. Also available online.

Item Description:

"Strictures on Lord Kaims' [i.e. Kames'] discourse on the original diversity of mankind": pages [307]-349.
"Appendix. Of the natural bravery and fortitude of the American Indians": pages [351]-411.
Originally published in Philadelphia in 1787.
"Remarks on certain strictures made on the first edition of this essay, by Mr. Charles White" (p. [247]-306) was published in London in 1799 under title: An account of the regular gradation in man, and in different animals and vegetables.

Physical Description:

411, [1] p. ; 22 cm.
Also available online.

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