| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 370 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Critical studies in the history of anthropology |
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Critical studies in the history of anthropology.
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| Contents |
Anthropology and some of its companions -- Sociology's increasingly uneasy relations with anthropology |
| Summary |
In this book, a linguist and sociologist explores the connections between anthropology, linguistics, sociology, psychology, and history, in broad-ranging essays on the history of anthropology and allied disciplines. On subjects ranging from Native American linguistics to the pitfalls of American, Latin American, and East Asian fieldwork, among other topics, this book presents the views of a historian of anthropology interested in the theoretical and institutional connections between disciplines that have always been in conversation with anthropology. Recurring characters include Edward Sapir, Alfred Kroeber, Robert Redfield, W. I. and Dorothy Thomas, and William Ogburn. While histories of anthropology rarely cross disciplinary boundaries, the author moves in essay after essay toward an examination of the institutions, theories, and social networks of scholars, maintaining a healthy skepticism toward anthropologists’ views of their own methods and theories |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-361) and index |
| Subject |
Anthropology -- United States -- History
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Anthropological linguistics -- United States -- History
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Sociology -- United States -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Anthropological linguistics
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Anthropology
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Sociology
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012050027 |
| ISBN |
1299535321 |
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9781299535329 |
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9780803246393 |
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0803246390 |
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