Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xliii, 574 pages)
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illustrations (some color), map
ISBN:
9780803284470
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9780803284494
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0803284497
Content:
"Collection of scholarly essays and primary documents exploring the significance of the 1893 World's Fair and the history of American anthropology"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction: The Chicago Fair and American anthropology in 1893 / Curtis M. Hinsley and David R. Wilcox -- Essay 1. Anthropology as education and entertainment : Frederic Ward Putnam at the World's Fair / Curtis M. Hinsley. Document A. Franz Boas, "Ethnology at the Exposition" (1893) ; Document B. Frederic Ward Putnam, "The Columbus Memorial Museum : address to the Commercial Club of Chicago" (1891) ; Document C. "Man and his works : Ethnological Exhibit at the Fair" (1893) -- Essay 2. Ambiguous legacy : Daniel Garrison Brinton at the International Congress of Anthropology / Curtis M. Hinsley. Appendix: Analysis of registered members of the International Congress of Anthropology, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 / David R. Wilcox ; Document D. William Henry Holmes, "The World's Fair Congress of Anthropology" (1893) -- Essay 3. Anthropology in a changing America : interpreting the Chicago "triumph" of Frank Hamilton Cushing / David R. Wilcox. Document E. Excerpts from the Diary of Frank Hamilton Cushing at the World's Fair (June 16-September 12,1893) ; Document F. Monthly report of Mr. Frank Hamilton Cushing (September 1893) ; Document G. "The Pueblos at home" (September 1894) ; A visual interlude : popular images of anthropology and its subjects at the Fair / Curtis M. Hinsley -- Essay 4. Refracting images : anthropological display at the Chicago World's Fair, 1893 / Ira Jacknis -- Essay 5. Relic hunters in the White City : artifacts, authority, and ambition at the World's Columbian Exposition / James E. Snead. Document H. Cushing's analysis of the Hazzard Cliff Dweller Collection (1895) ; Document I. Warren King Moorehead, "The ancient man : the Anthropological Exhibit at the World's Fair" (June 22, 1893) -- Essay 6. Patrons, popularizers, and professionals : the institutional setting of late nineteenth-century anthropology in Chicago / Donald McVicker. Document J. "Heir of the big Fair : Field Columbian Museum opened" (1894) -- Essay 7. Going national : American anthropology successfully redefines itself as an accepted academic domain / David R. Wilcox. Appendix: Comparison of primary contributors to the American Anthropologist, 1888-1925 / David R. Wilcox ; Document K. Daniel Garrison Brinton, "The aims of anthropology" (1895) ; Document L. Franz Boas, "The limitations of the comparative method of anthropology" (1896) -- Afterword: The ironies of the fair, the uncertainties of anthropology / Curtis M. Hinsley.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780803268388
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0803268386
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780803284487
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0803284489
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Coming of age in Chicago ISBN 9780803268388
Language:
English
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