""Fascinating details and readable style make this a compelling account of the US's last great, naive exposition of 19th-century empire building.""—H. G. Kong, CHOICE|""Anthropology Goes to the Fair is a major contribution to the history of racial thought and the history of anthropology.""—John David Smith, North Carolina Historical Review|""Nancy Parezo and Don Fowler's Anthropology Goes to the Fair provides a ... Read morecomprehensive contribution to the literature on the world fair phenomenon, focusing explicitly on the display of indigenous peoples at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. This fascinating and well-written work accomplishes a number of new things.""—Mary Neuburger, Journal of American Ethnic History|""[Anthropology Goes to the Fair] is a rollicking examination of what one might today regard as an insane enterprise. It affords valuable insight into the origins and early evolution of American anthropology, as well as an understanding of early twentieth-century social mores of the American people.""—Bernard L. Fontana, Journal of Arizona History|“Well organized and written. The authors have researched extensively in exposition company files, the papers of McGee and others with whom he worked (or quarreled), and the archives of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other agencies connected with the exposition. A large body of secondary sources provides background and context. More than fifty illustrations add a visual dimension to the book.”—John E. Findling, Journal of American History Show Less