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Anthropology Goes to the Fair: The 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Nancy J. Parezo
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Description for Anthropology Goes to the Fair: The 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Hardback. As scientists claiming specialized knowledge about indigenous peoples, especially American Indians, anthropologists used expositions to promote their quest for professional status and authority. This title shows how anthropology showcased itself "to show each half of the world how the other half lives". Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 552 pages, 48 photos, 2 maps, 10 tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 976.
World’s fairs and industrial expositions constituted a phenomenally successful popular culture movement during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In addition to the newest technological innovations, each exposition showcased commercial and cultural exhibits, entertainment concessions, national and corporate displays of wealth, and indigenous peoples from the colonial empires of the host country. As scientists claiming specialized knowledge about indigenous peoples, especially American Indians, anthropologists used expositions to promote their quest for professional status and authority. Anthropology Goes to the Fair takes readers through the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition to see how anthropology, as conceptualized by W J McGee, the first president of ... Read more
World’s fairs and industrial expositions constituted a phenomenally successful popular culture movement during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In addition to the newest technological innovations, each exposition showcased commercial and cultural exhibits, entertainment concessions, national and corporate displays of wealth, and indigenous peoples from the colonial empires of the host country. As scientists claiming specialized knowledge about indigenous peoples, especially American Indians, anthropologists used expositions to promote their quest for professional status and authority. Anthropology Goes to the Fair takes readers through the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition to see how anthropology, as conceptualized by W J McGee, the first president of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Series
Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology
Number of Pages
552
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803237599
SKU
V9780803237599
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About Nancy J. Parezo
Nancy J. Parezo is a professor of American Indian studies and anthropology at the University of Arizona and the curator of ethnology at the Arizona State Museum. She is the editor of Hidden Scholars: Women Anthropologists and the Native American Southwest. Don D. Fowler is a professor of anthropology, emeritus, at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is the author ... Read more
Reviews for Anthropology Goes to the Fair: The 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition
""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 more