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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814191903321

Autore

Murray Stephen O

Titolo

American anthropology & company [[electronic resource] ] : historical explorations / / Stephen O. Murray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8032-4639-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 p.)

Collana

Critical studies in the history of anthropology

Disciplina

301.0973

Soggetti

Anthropology - United States - History

Anthropological linguistics - United States - History

Sociology - United States - History

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

pt. 1. Anthropology and some of its companions -- pt. 2. Sociology's increasingly uneasy relations with anthropology.

Sommario/riassunto

In American Anthropology and Company, linguist and sociologist Stephen O. Murray explores the connections between anthropology, linguistics, sociology, psychology, and history, in broad-ranging essays on the history of anthropology and allied disciplines. On subjects ranging from Native American linguistics to the pitfalls of American, Latin American, and East Asian fieldwork, among other topics, American Anthropology and Company presents the views of a historian of anthropology interested in the theoretical and institutional connections between disciplines that have always be