Bones, bodies, behavior : essays on biological anthropology / / editor, George W. Stocking, Jr

• Pubblicazione: Madison, Wis. : , : University of Wisconsin Press, , 1988; ©1988
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 272 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 573/.09
• Soggetto topico: Physical anthropology - History; Ethnology - History
• Altri autori: StockingGeorge W., Jr. <1928-2013.> (George Ward)
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Bones, Bodies, Behavior""; ""On the Origins of French Ethnology: William Edwards and the Doctrine of Race""; ""The Minds of Beavers and the Minds of Humans: Natural Suggestion, Natural Selection, and Experiment in the Work of Lewis Henry Morgan""; ""Prologue to a Scientific Forgery: The British Eolithic Movement from Abbeville to Piltdown ""; ""The Shadow Man Paradigm in Paleoanthropology, 1911-1945""; ""From Anthropologie to Rassenkunde in the German Anthropological Tradition""; ""Mobilizing Scientists Against Nazi Racism, 1933-1939""; ""Remodelling the Human Way of Life: Sherwood Washburn and the New Physical Anthropology, 1950-1980"" ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores issues relating to the history of physical or biological anthropology - the application of the concept of ""race"" to humankind, the comparison of animal minds to those of humans, the evolution of humans from primate forms, and the relationship between science and racial ideology.
• Titolo autorizzato: Bones, bodies, behavior
• ISBN: 1-282-64318-5; 9786612643187; 0-299-11253-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808041403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: History of anthropology ; ; 5.