A Survey in Seating

[Cambridge]: Harvard University, Dept. of Anthropology, Statistical Laboratory, 1945. Small quarto in dark red brushed cloth; 6 preliminary leaves, 101 pages illustrations, portraits, plates About near fine, very tight, clean, slightly sunned copy. No jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 083713952X; 9780837139524

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'Earnest Albert Hooton (1887-1954) was a prominent American physical anthropologist known for his work on human biological variation and his classification of human types. He was a professor at Harvard University for many years and was instrumental in establishing physical anthropology as a distinct academic discipline in the United States. Hooton's research focused on the study of human skeletal remains and the measurement of human bodies (a practice known as anthropometry). He was interested in the relationship between physical characteristics and behavior, and he conducted extensive research on the biological and social aspects of crime'