Format:
xliii, 574 Seiten :
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Illustrationen, Karten ;
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24 cm.
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 (pages 499-545) 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 -- Essay 2. Ambiguous legacy: Daniel Garrison Brinton at the International Congress of Anthropology / Curtis M. Hinsley -- Essay 3. Anthropology in a changing America: interpreting the Chicago "triumph" of Frank Hamilton Cushing / David R. Wilcox -- 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 -- Essay 6. Patrons, popularizers, and professionals: the institutional setting of late nineteenth-century anthropology in Chicago / Donald McVicker -- Essay 7. Going national: American anthropology successfully redefines itself as an accepted academic domain / David R. Wilcox -- Afterword: the ironies of the fair, the uncertainties of anthropology / Curtis M. Hinsley
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Chicago, Ill. 1893
;
Anthropologie
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
