Bone rooms : from scientific racism to human prehistory in museums

Good if sometimes repetitious account of the history of the collection of human remains and their study in museums in medical and academic contexts and in exhibitions. I was disappointed that except for the excellent but too-brief epilogue the treatment barely touches on the period after 1950; if you get bogged down in the details, I suggest skipping ahead to that. Another reader noted some typographical errors; my favorite error was lexical: "Museums now consult with the ancestors of those who are housed in collections..." (p. 282).