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Coming of Age in Chicago: The 1893 World´s Fair and the Coalescence of American Anthropology
Ira Jacknis
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Description for Coming of Age in Chicago: The 1893 World´s Fair and the Coalescence of American Anthropology
Hardback. Explores a watershed moment in American anthropology, when an unprecedented number of historians and anthropologists of all subfields gathered on the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition fairgrounds, drawn together by the fair's focus on indigenous peoples. At the fair they set the foundation for anthropological inquiry and redefined the field. Editor(s): Hinsley, Curtis M.; Wilcox, David R. Num Pages: 616 pages, 54 b&w illustrations, 18 color illustrations, 3 tables, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 237 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1058.
Coming of Age in Chicago explores a watershed moment in American anthropology, when an unprecedented number of historians and anthropologists of all subfields gathered on the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition fairgrounds, drawn together by the fair's focus on indigenous peoples. Participants included people making a living with their research, sporadic backyard diggers, religiously motivated researchers, and a small group who sought a scientific understanding of the lifeways of indigenous peoples. At the fair they set the foundation for anthropological inquiry and redefined the field. At the same time, the American public became aware, through their own experiences at ... Read more
Coming of Age in Chicago explores a watershed moment in American anthropology, when an unprecedented number of historians and anthropologists of all subfields gathered on the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition fairgrounds, drawn together by the fair's focus on indigenous peoples. Participants included people making a living with their research, sporadic backyard diggers, religiously motivated researchers, and a small group who sought a scientific understanding of the lifeways of indigenous peoples. At the fair they set the foundation for anthropological inquiry and redefined the field. At the same time, the American public became aware, through their own experiences at ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1058g
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803268388
SKU
V9780803268388
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About Ira Jacknis
Curtis M. Hinsley is Regents' Professor Emeritus of History and Comparative Cultural Studies at Northern Arizona University. He is the coauthor (with David R. Wilcox) of The Lost Itinerary of Frank Hamilton Cushing and The Southwest in the American Imagination: The Writings of Sylvester Baxter, 1881-1889. David R. Wilcox is the former head of the anthropology department at the Museum ... Read more
Reviews for Coming of Age in Chicago: The 1893 World´s Fair and the Coalescence of American Anthropology
Coming of Age in Chicago presents an account of the interplay of anthropology and the public spectacle of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair that is both authoritative and engaging. Original documents and photo essays heighten the reading experience and help convey the material realities of anthropology at the fair, just as the discipline was coalescing. -Frederic W. Gleach, curator of ... Read more