A history of anthropologyA 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 | 1 |
Victorians Germans and a Frenchman | 16 |
Four Founding Fathers | 36 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | A history of anthropology Anthropology, culture, and society |
| Authors | Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Finn Sivert Nielsen |
| Publisher | Pluto Press, 2001 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jan 2010 |
| ISBN | 0745313906, 9780745313900 |
| Length | 207 pages |
| Subjects | › › Anthropology Anthropology - History Anthropology - Philosophy Anthropology/ History Anthropology/ Philosophy Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural Social Science / Anthropology / General |
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