03147 am 22006613u 450 991029574780332120170810191416.01-78533-663-01-282-62682-597866126268210-85745-031-X10.1515/9780857450319(CKB)2560000000012179(EBL)544401(OCoLC)645101331(SSID)ssj0000399744(PQKBManifestationID)12118279(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000399744(PQKBWorkID)10384379(PQKB)11457261(MiAaPQ)EBC544401(ScCtBLL)a6fa07c9-50d7-471d-8604-77e5f99a10e8(DE-B1597)637207(DE-B1597)9780857450319(dli)HEB08728(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000648(EXLCZ)99256000000001217920080327d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDifficult folk?[electronic resource] a political history of social anthropology /David MillsNew York Berghahn Books20081 online resource (232 p.)Methodology and history in anthropology ;v. 19Description based upon print version of record.1-84545-465-0 1-84545-450-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-203) and index.Title page-Difficult Folk?; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Ch 1-Introduction; Ch 2-Why disciplinaty histories matter; Ch 3-A tale of two departments?; Ch 4-The Politics of disciplinary professionalisation; Ch 5-Anthropology at the end of empire; Ch 6-Tribes and territories; Ch 7-How not to apply anthropological knowledge; Ch 8-Anthropologists and 'race'; Ch 9-Discipline on the defensive?; Ch 10-The uses of academic identity; Appendix; Bibliography; IndexHow should we tell the histories of academic disciplines? All too often, the political and institutional dimensions of knowledge production are lost beneath the intellectual debates. This book redresses the balance. Written in a narrative style and drawing on archival sources and oral histories, it depicts the complex pattern of personal and administrative relationships that shape scholarly worlds. Focusing on the field of social anthropology in twentieth-century Britain, this book describes individual, departmental and institutional rivalries over funding and influence. It examines the effortMethodology and history in anthropology ;v. 19.Political history of social anthropologyEthnologyPolitical aspectsGreat BritainEthnologyGreat BritainHistory20th centuryEthnologyPolitical aspectsEthnologyHistory306.20941Mills David1969-913825MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910295747803321Difficult folk2047470UNINA