A history of anthropology

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Pluto Press, 2001 - Social Science - 207 pages
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A concise yet comprehensive history of anthropology and a timely reassessment of the discipline. The entire history of social and cultural anthropology in a single volume.

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Contents

Beginnings
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Victorians Germans and a Frenchman
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Four Founding Fathers
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Copyright

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A History of Anthropology
Thomas Hylland Eriksen,Finn Sivert Nielsen
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About the author (2001)

Thomas Hylland Eriksen is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo. He is the author of numerous books on anthropological issues, including Ethnicity and Nationalism and Small Places, Large Issues (both published by Pluto Press).Finn Sivert Nielsen is a senior lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Copenhagen. He has published on fieldwork, Russia and the USSR and general anthropology.

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TitleA history of anthropology
Anthropology, culture, and society
AuthorsThomas Hylland Eriksen, Finn Sivert Nielsen
PublisherPluto Press, 2001
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJan 12, 2010
ISBN0745313906, 9780745313900
Length207 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Anthropology
Anthropology - History
Anthropology - Philosophy
Anthropology/ History
Anthropology/ Philosophy
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural
Social Science / Anthropology / General
  
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