The ethnography of an anthropology department (1959-1979): an academic village / Melvin D. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Melvin D., 1933-

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Mellen studies in education ; v. 71.

Mellen studies in education ; v. 71

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology--Study and teaching (Graduate)--United States.

Anthropology.

Educational anthropology--United States.

Educational anthropology.

Universities and colleges.

Evaluation.

Anthropology--Study and teaching (Graduate).

United States.

Universities and colleges--United States--Departments--Evaluation.

Universities and colleges--United States--Administration.

Administration.

Physical Description:

xx, 259 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2002]

Contents:

a. The Point of Departure 1

b. The Anthropological Discipline 4

2. Historical Background 13

3. The Context 23

a. The Physical Setting 23

b. The Institutional Setting 29

4. Departmental Activities 37

a. A Picnic 38

b. Dinner Parties 40

c. Poker Games 41

d. Cocktail Parties 42

e. Sherry Hour 43

f. Baxter's Parties 44

5. Autobiographical: About The Writers 49

a. Human Inferiority Feelings 49

b. My Pursuit of the Middle Class 52

c. Donald in Adulthood 64

d. Brian Price 70

6. Procterman 75

7. The Distinguished Professors 87

a. Baxter 88

b. Robinson 122

8. Bolder and Terry 145

9. Seymour Wilson 175

b. Pillar 189

c. Higher Education 194

d. The Society 203

e. Supremacy Narratives and Performances 210

a. Place As Metaphor 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-254) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0773471235

OCLC:

49737160