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Autore |
Urry James. |
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Titolo |
Before social anthropology : essays on the history of British anthropology / / James Urry |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-71244-X |
0-203-05939-5 |
1-136-64417-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (189 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in anthropology and history, , 1055-2464 ; ; Volume 6 |
Studies in anthropology and history ; ; v. 6 |
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Soggetti |
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Anthropology - Great Britain - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-171) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION The search for unity in British anthropology, 1880-1920; ONE Notes and Queries on Anthropology and the development of field methods in British anthropology, 1870-1920; TWO ""Facts"" to argument: Structure and function in the history of ethnographic writing in the British tradition, 1890-1940; THREE From Zoology to Ethnology: A.C. Haddon's conversion to anthropology; FOUR Englishmen, Celts and Iberians: The ethnographic survey of the United Kingdom,1892-1899 |
FIVE Imperial anthropology and institutional developments in British anthropology,1890-1924SIX Radcliffe-Browne's ""pronunciamentos"" on anthropology and his invention of British ""social"" anthropology, 1913-1944; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From the 1930s, British anthropology was dominated by social anthropologists, an achievement of the two founding fathers, Bronislaw Malinowski and A.R. Radcliffe-Brown. However, the field of ethnology had originated in Britain in the 1840s and was well established before the rise of social anthropology. The essays in this volume explore the development of British anthropology in the period from 1880 to 1920, and deal with such diverse issues as the establishment of new research |
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methodologies, the development of ethnographic reporting, institutional change and the professionalization of the |
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