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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460506503321

Titolo

Coming of age in Chicago : the 1893 world's fair and the coalescence of American anthropology / / edited by Curtis M. Hinsley and David R. Wilcox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8032-8449-7

0-8032-8447-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (460 p.)

Disciplina

301.0973

Soggetti

Anthropology - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Introduction; Abbreviations; Essay 1. Anthropology as Education and Entertainment; Document A. Franz Boas, "Ethnology at the Exposition"; Document B. Frederic Ward Putnam, "The Columbus Memorial Museum"; Document C. "Man and His Works"; Essay 2. Ambiguous Legacy; Appendix; Document D. William Henry Holmes, "The World's Fair Congress of Anthropology"; Document E. Excerpts from the Diary of Frank Hamilton Cushing at the World's Fair; Document F. Monthly Report of Mr. Frank Hamilton Cushing

Document G. The Pueblos at HomeA Visual Interlude; Essay 4. Refracting Images; Essay 5. Relic Hunters in the White City; Document H. Cushing's Analysis of the Hazzard Cliff Dweller Collection; Document I. The Ancient Man; Essay 6. Patrons, Popularizers, and Professionals; Document J. Warren King Moorehead, "The Ancient Man: The Anthropological Exhibit at the World's Fair"; Essay 7. Going National; Appendix; Document K. Daniel Garrison Brinton, "The Aims of Anthropology"; Document L. Franz Boas, "The Limitations of the Comparative Method of Anthropology"; Afterword; Acknowledgments

BibliographyContributors; Index; About Curtis M. Hinsley; About David



R. Wilcox

Sommario/riassunto

"Collection of scholarly essays and primary documents exploring the significance of the 1893 World's Fair and the history of American anthropology"--