Prophets and ghosts : the story of salvage anthropology / Samuel J. Redman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Redman, Samuel J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Antiquities--Collection and preservation--History.

Indians of North America.

Cultural property--Protection--United States--History.

Cultural property.

Anthropological museums and collections--United States--History.

Anthropological museums and collections.

Racism in anthropology--United States--History.

Racism in anthropology.

Cultural property--Repatriation--United States--History.

Antiquities.

History.

Cultural property--Repatriation.

Cultural property--Protection.

Indians of North America--Antiquities--Collection and preservation.

United States--Antiquities--Collection and preservation--History.

United States.

Antiquities--Collection and preservation.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"Nineteenth-century "salvage anthropology" preserved millions of Indigenous objects, sources of knowledge invaluable to researchers and the public. But many of these objects were stolen, and for decades exhibited as proof of cultural evolution. Samuel Redman details the tangled history and explores how we might contend with such collections today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Birth of Salvage Anthropology in the Nineteenth Century

2. Building a Cultural Salvage Movement in the United States

3. The Federal Government and Salvage Anthropology

4. Salvaging Society through Art and Image

5. Cultural Salvage in California

6. Salvage Anthropology in the Modern World.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780674979574

0674979575

OCLC:

1240772475