A history of Oxford anthropology / edited by Peter Rivière.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rivière, Peter, editor.

Series:

Methodology and history in anthropology ; Volume 15.

Methodology and History in Anthropology ; Volume 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tylor, Edward B. (Edward Burnett), 1832-1917.

Tylor, Edward B.

Balfour, Henry, 1863-1939.

Balfour, Henry.

Anthropology--England--Oxford--History.

Anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2009.

Summary:

Informative as well as entertaining, this volume offers many interesting facets of the first hundred years of anthropology at Oxford University.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

List of Contributors

Preface

Introduction

1. Origins and Survivals: Tylor, Balfour and the Pitt Rivers Museum and their Role within Anthropology in Oxford 1883–1905

2. The Formative Years: the Committee for Anthropology 1905–38

3. How All Souls got its Anthropologist

4. A Major Disaster to Anthropology? Oxford and Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown

5. ‘A feeling for form and pattern, and a touch of genius’: E-P’s Vision and the Institute 1946–70

6. Oxford and Biological Anthropology

7. Oxford Anthropology as an Extra-curricular Activity: OUAS and JASO

8. Oxford Anthropology since 1970: through Schismogenesis 155 to a New Testament

Appendix: Reflections on Oxford’s Global Links

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780857455215

0857455214

OCLC:

1347246732