The Smithsonian and the American Indian : making a moral anthropology in Victorian America
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- ISBN: 1560984090
- ISBN: 9781560984092
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319 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [1994], ©1981.
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General Note: | Originally published: Savages and scientists, 1981. With a new foreword. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-313) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Abbreviations -- Preface to the paperback edition -- Part l. Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1880 -- "Magnificent intentions": Washington, D.C., and American anthropology in 1846 -- Promoting popular science: archaeology and philology at the Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1878 -- An "omnium gatherum": museum anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1880 -- Part 2. Anthropology as government science, 1879-1910 -- From culture history to culture areas: anthropology in the U.S. National Museum, 1881-1908 -- Spencer, Morgan, and Powell: the intellectual framework of the Bureau of American Ethnology -- Toward an anthropological survey: the early years of the BAE, 1879-1893 -- Heroes and homelessness: reflections of Frank Hamilton Cushing, James Mooney, and BAE anthropology -- Fin-de-Siècle: the rise and fall of William John McGee, 1893-1903 -- Crisis and aftermath: Smithsonian anthropology under William Henry Holmes, 1902-1910 -- Bibliography. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | GN 17.3 .U6 H56 1994 | 256283 | Stacks | Available | - |