Acknowledgments vii
Frontal Matter ix
1. “The Science of Man” 1
2. Ideology and Education in Virginia 23
3. Gall, Naturalist of the Mind 50
4. The Birth of the Normal 77
5. George Combe and the Rise of Phrenology in Britain 97
6. Schooling for a New Moral World 115
7. The Eye of the Community 137
8. The Philosophy of Christianity 161
9. James Simpson and the Necessity of Popular Education 183
10. Insanity, Education, and the Introduction of Phrenology to America 215
11. Phrenological Mann 239
12. From Savagery to Civilization 265
13. Guardians of the Republic 286
14. The High Tide of Secularism 301
15. The Education of Littlehead 326
16. Race, Science, and the Republic 346
17. Ministering to the Body Politic 363
Notes 383
Index 423
Photographs follow page 205