Anthropologists and the rediscovery of America, 1886-1965 /

"This book examines the intersection of cultural anthropology and American cultural nationalism from 1886, when Franz Boas left Germany for the United States, until 1965, when the National Endowment for the Humanities was established. Five chapters trace the development within academic anthropo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilkeson, John S., 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Colección:Cambridge books online.
Temas:
Ethnology > United States > History.
Social classes > United States > History.
Cultural pluralism > United States > History.
Subculture > United States > History.
National characteristics, American.
Ethnologie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Classes sociales > États-Unis > Histoire.
Diversité culturelle > États-Unis > Histoire.
Subculture > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Civilization.
Cultural pluralism.
Ethnology.
Social classes.
Subculture.
United States > Civilization.
États-Unis > Civilisation.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Culture in the American grain
  • 2. Social class in the ethnography of the American scene
  • 3. The psychology of culture and the American character
  • 4. The drift of American values
  • 5. America as a civilization.

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