An Anthropologist's Arrival : A Memoir /

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"Ruth Underhill's intriguing memoir traces the story of her life, delving into the Depression, the famous anthropologists in her circle, and her fieldwork with a keen ethnographic eye. Underhill describes the Victorian society that first bound her and then ultimately enabled her success as...

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Main Author: Underhill, Ruth, 1883-1984 (Author)
Other Authors: Nash, Stephen E., Colwell-Chanthaphonh, Chip
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson [Arizona] : The University of Arizona Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Underhill, Ruth, > 1883-1984
Underhill, Ruth, > 1883-1984.
Women anthropologists.
Tohono O'odham Indians > Social life and customs.
Pueblo Indians > Social life and customs.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Pueblo (Indiens) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Papago (Indiens) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Femmes anthropologues > États-Unis > Biographies.
Women anthropologists > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Ruth Underhill's intriguing memoir traces the story of her life, delving into the Depression, the famous anthropologists in her circle, and her fieldwork with a keen ethnographic eye. Underhill describes the Victorian society that first bound her and then ultimately enabled her success as a major figure in anthropology"--
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (239 pages): illustrations, photographs
ISBN:9780816598984

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