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A social history of anthropology in the United States / Thomas C. Patterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patterson, Thomas C. (Thomas Carl), 1937- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropology--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Anthropology.
- Anthropology--Social aspects.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1 Nation-building on the edge of empires, 1600-1877 p. 8
- Establishing a national identity and the dialectics of anthropology p. 9
- Westward expansion, Manifest Destiny, and race theory p. 17
- Slavery, class struggle, and war p. 26
- 2 Anthropology in the Age of the Robber Barons, 1860-1929 p. 31
- Societal evolution p. 32
- Professionalization, certification, and political commitment p. 44
- Struggles over the future of anthropology, 1916-1932 p. 55
- 3 Anthropology and the search for social order, 1929-1945 p. 67
- Anthropology on the eve of the Depression p. 68
- Anthropology and the New Deal, 1933-1941 p. 76
- Anthropology and the war years, 1941-1945 p. 87
- 4 Decolonization, the Cold War, and McCarthyism, 1945-1973 p. 98
- The reorganization of American anthropology, 1945-1953 p. 101
- American anthropology and the Cold War, 1954-1964 p. 111
- American anthropology in crisis, 1965-1973 p. 120
- 5 Crises, neoliberalism, and globalization, 1973-2000 p. 131
- The state of anthropology and its reorganization p. 133
- The turn to Marx: anthropology, political economy, and history p. 137
- Structuralist anthropologies p. 145
- Ecological anthropology and neo-evolutionism p. 147
- Symbolic, interpretive, and postmodernist anthropologies p. 150
- Diversity and inequality p. 160
- 6 Anthropology in the New Gilded Age, 1990-2019 p. 165
- Ethics, politics, and the profession p. 167
- Toward an historically informed anthropology p. 173
- Historical political economy p. 175
- Inequality, identity, and intersectionality p. 179
- Racism, populism, fascism p. 182
- Anthropology in the age of global warming p. 184.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 04, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Patterson, Thomas C. (Thomas Carl), 1937- A social history of anthropology in the United States
- ISBN:
- 9781003087878
- 1003087876
- 9781000182217
- 1000182215
- 9781000185393
- 1000185397
- Publisher Number:
- 40030309624
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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