A PLAN FOR THE STUDY OF MAN, with reference to Bills to Establish a Laboratory for the Study of the Criminal, Pauper, and Defective Classes, with a Bibliography of Child Study
by MACDONALD, Arthur
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Washington (D.C.): Government Printing House, 1902. 1st reprint, month of publication . Brown Cloth. Good-VG. 14.5 Cm x 23 Cm. 166pp.+orig.wrappers bound in, ex-University of London but only their heraldic plate fr.pastedown, sm.'Depository' stamp top verso fr.free endpaper + 2 sm.round early stamps verso t.p. & end text, otherwise clean, tight & unmarked, binding actually near Fine with dated gilt lib.logo at bottom. University of London bindings at this time were of particularly high quality . This work was officially issued as Document No.400 by the U.S.Senate (57th Congress 1st Session). It is a curious work with some discussion of e.g. hypnotism and child study and health of college women before getting into 'Criminology' on p.76, the bibliography of child study is extensive, pp.117-157.
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- Douglas Books
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- 003129
- Title
- A PLAN FOR THE STUDY OF MAN, with reference to Bills to Establish a Laboratory for the Study of the Criminal, Pauper, and Defective Classes, with a Bibliography of Child Study
- Author
- MACDONALD, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Brown Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st reprint, month of publication
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Government Printing House
- Place of Publication
- Washington (D.C.)
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 14.5 Cm x 23 Cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- PSYCHOLOGY, CRIME, POVERTY, CRIMINOLOGY, HYPNOTISM
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