Donald McVicker

Frederick Starr

Popularizer of Anthropology, Public Intellectual, and Genuine Eccentric

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first biography of Frederick Starr (1856-1933), a founding father of American anthropology at the University of Chicago. It presents a major reevaluation of Starr's place in anthropology, illuminates the consequences of the professionalization of anthropology, and yields a greater understanding of the United States as it moved into a position of global power.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 877g
• ISBN-13: 9780759120976
• ISBN-10: 0759120978
• Artikelnr.: 35533436

Autorenporträt

By Donald McVicker

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: "As the Branch is Bent" Chapter 2: Becoming an
Anthropologist (1884-1891) Chapter 3: On to Chicago (1892-1895) Chapter 4:
The Notorious Professor Starr (1892-1900) Chapter 5: The Public
Intellectual at a Research Institution Chapter 6: Exploring Collecting and
Expeditioning (1894-1903) Chapter 7: Ethnographic "Reality" at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition: Capturing Ethnographic "Reality" on Film
(1904) Chapter 8: Into the Heart of Darkness (1905-1906) Chapter 9: The
Congo Aftermath (1907) Chapter 10: Academic Junket to the Phillipines
Chapter 11: From Manila to Mindanao and Return Chapter 12: Home and in Hot
Water Again Chapter 13: Voyage to Japan (1909-1910) Chapter 14: From the
Orient to the Occident Chapter 15: From Chicago to teh Mexican Centennial
(1910) Chapter 16: "Vacation" in Mexico (1911) Chapter 17: Off to Japan and
Korea (1911) Chapter 18: Exploring Korea from West to East Chapter 19:
Liberia at Last (1912) Chapter 20: The Death of Manuel Chapter 21: Japan
and Korea Yet Again (1913) Chapter 22: Starr the Nipponophile Chapter 23:
The Frenetic Starr: Chicago and the West (1914) Chapter 24: From the
Mainstream to the Margins Chapter 25: Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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