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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--Repatriation--United States--History.
- Cultural property.
- Cultural property--Protection--United States--History.
- Racism in anthropology--United States--History.
- Racism in anthropology.
- Anthropological museums and collections--United States--History.
- Anthropological museums and collections.
- United States--Antiquities--Collection and preservation--History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 pages) : illustrations
- 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:
- The birth of salvage anthropology in the nineteenth century
- Building a cultural salvage movement in the United States
- The federal government and salvage anthropology
- Salvaging society through art and image
- Cultural salvage in California
- Salvage anthropology in the modern world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780674269996
- 0674269993
- 9780674270015
- 0674270010
- OCLC:
- 1272991791
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