Leslie A. White : evolution and revolution in anthropology /

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Few figures in modern American anthropology have been more controversial or influential than Leslie A. White (1900-1975). Between the early 1940s and mid-1960s, White's work was widely discussed, and he was among the most frequently cited American anthropologists in the world. After writing sev...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Peace, William J., 1960-
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2004.
Series:Critical studies in the history of anthropology.
Subjects:
White, Leslie A., > 1900-1975.
White, Leslie A.
Geschichte 1900-1975.
Anthropologists > United States > Biography.
Social evolution > Philosophy.
Marxist anthropology.
Culture > Philosophy.
Anthropologues > États-Unis > Biographies.
Évolution sociale > États-Unis > Philosophie.
Anthropologie marxiste.
Culture > Philosophie.
Évolution sociale > Philosophie.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Anthropologists.
Anthropologie
Cultureel antropologen.
United States.
USA
Biographies.
Biographie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Early life and formative experiences
  • Fieldwork in the southwest
  • The Socialist Labor Party and socialist evolutionary theory
  • Evolutionary theory for American anthropologists
  • Academic and political threats
  • White presses needlessly on
  • Personal turmoil and professional influence.

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