American Anthropology, 1888-1920 Papers from the American Anthropologist |
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| Author:
| American Anthropological Association Staff,
de Laguna, Frederica |
| Editor:
| de Laguna, Frederica |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-42418-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2002 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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The American Anthropological Association (AAA) was born as anthropology emerged as a formal discipline with specialized subfields; fieldwork among Native communities proliferated across North America, yielding a wealth of ethnographic information that began to surface in the flagship journal, the American Anthropologist; and researchers increasingly debated and probed deeper into the roots and significance of ritual, myth, language, social organization, and the physical make-up and...
More DescriptionThe American Anthropological Association (AAA) was born as anthropology emerged as a formal discipline with specialized subfields; fieldwork among Native communities proliferated across North America, yielding a wealth of ethnographic information that began to surface in the flagship journal, the American Anthropologist; and researchers increasingly debated and probed deeper into the roots and significance of ritual, myth, language, social organization, and the physical make-up and prehistory of Native Americans. The fifty-five selections in this volume represent the interests of and accomplishments in American anthropology from the establishment of the American Anthropologist through World War I. The articles in their entirety showcase the state of the subfields of anthropology archaeology, linguistics, physical anthropology, and cultural anthropology as they were imagined and practiced at the dawn of the twentieth century. Examples of important ethnographic accounts and interpretive debates are also included."