The 1904 Anthropology Days and Olympic Games. Sport, Race, and American Imperialism.
Susan . Ed(S): Brownell
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Description for The 1904 Anthropology Days and Olympic Games. Sport, Race, and American Imperialism.
hardcover. An interdisciplinary collection of essays that assesses the ideas about race, imperialism, and Western civilization manifested in the 1904 World's Fair and Olympic Games and shows how they are still relevant. Editor(s): Brownell, Susan. Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 490 pages, 27 photographs, 1 figure, 1 map, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 43. Weight in Grams: 876.
One of the more problematic sport spectacles in American history took place at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, which included the third modern Olympic Games. Associated with the Games was a curious event known as Anthropology Days organized by William J. McGee and James Sullivan, at that time the leading figures in American anthropology and sports, respectively. McGee recruited Natives who were participating in the fair’s ethnic displays to compete in sports events, with the “scientific” goal of measuring the physical prowess of “savages” as compared with “civilized men.” This interdisciplinary collection of essays assesses the ideas about ... Read more
One of the more problematic sport spectacles in American history took place at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, which included the third modern Olympic Games. Associated with the Games was a curious event known as Anthropology Days organized by William J. McGee and James Sullivan, at that time the leading figures in American anthropology and sports, respectively. McGee recruited Natives who were participating in the fair’s ethnic displays to compete in sports events, with the “scientific” goal of measuring the physical prowess of “savages” as compared with “civilized men.” This interdisciplinary collection of essays assesses the ideas about ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
Series
Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology
Number of Pages
490
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803210981
SKU
V9780803210981
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About Susan . Ed(S): Brownell
Susan Brownell is a professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. She is the author of Training the Body for China: Sports in the Moral Order of the People’s Republic and Beijing’s Games: What the Olympics Mean to China. Contributors: John Bale, Susan Brownell, Mark Dyreson, Henning Eichberg, Gerald R. Gems, Alexander Kitroeff, ... Read more
Reviews for The 1904 Anthropology Days and Olympic Games. Sport, Race, and American Imperialism.
"In this edited volume, sports anthropologist Brownell leads an exploration of a forgotten moment in premodern anthropology. . . . A very successful project of intellectual history."—J. Marks, CHOICE "The multidisciplinary approach offered by this collection succeeds in exposing the relationships between anthropology, physical culture, the Olympic movement, and imperialism in revelatory ways."—John W. Troutman, Western Historical Quarterly "The authors provide ... Read more