ISBN10: 0803237596, ISBN13: 9780803237599, [publisher: UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR] Hardcover As scientists claiming specialized knowledge about indigenous peoples, especially American Indians, anthropologists used expositions to promote their quest for professional status and authority. This title shows how anthropology showcased itself to show ea.
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ISBN10: 0803237596, ISBN13: 9780803237599, [publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln] Hardcover Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiii, 536pp. Mild creasing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Light rubbing and gentle bumps to corners and edges of black cloth over boards. Lean to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: World's fairs and industrial expositions constituted a phenomenally successful popular culture movement during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In addition to the newest technological innovations, each exposition showcased commercial and cultural exhibits, entertainment concessions, national and corporate displays of wealth, and indigenous peoples from the colonial empires of the host country. As scientists claiming specialized knowledge about indigenous peoples, especially American Indians, anthropologists used expositions to promote their quest for professional status and authority. Anthropology Goes to the Fair takes readers through the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition to see how anthropology, as conceptualized by W J McGee, the first president of the American Anthropological Association, showcased itself through programs, static displays, and living exhibits for millions of people "to show each half of the world how the other half lives." More than two thousand Native peoples negotiated and portrayed their own agendas on this world stage. The ...
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Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, Date: 2007. Hardcover. Good +/Good +. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiii, 536pp. Mild creasing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Light rubbing and gentle bumps to corners and edges of black cloth over boards. Lean to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: World's fairs and industrial expositions constituted a phenomenally successful popular culture movement during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In addition to the newest technological innovations, each exposition showcased commercial and cultural exhibits, entertainment concessions, national and corporate displays of wealth, and indigenous peoples from the colonial empires of the host country. As scientists claiming specialized knowledge about indigenous peoples, especially American Indians, anthropologists used expositions to promote their quest for professional status and authority. Anthropology Goes to the Fair takes readers through the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition to see how anthropology, as conceptualized by W J McGee, the first president of the American Anthropological Association, showcased itself through programs, static displays, and living exhibits for millions of people "to show each half of the world how the other half lives." More than two thousand Native peoples negotiated and portrayed their own agendas on this world stage. The reader will see how anthropology itself was changed in the ...

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ISBN10: 0803237596, ISBN13: 9780803237599, [publisher: University of Nebraska Press] Hardcover As scientists claiming specialized knowledge about indigenous peoples, especially American Indians, anthropologists used expositions to promote their quest for professional status and authority. This title shows how anthropology showcased itself "to show each half of the world how the other half lives". Series: Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology. Num Pages: 552 pages, 48 photos, 2 maps, 10 tables, index. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 35. Weight in Grams: 976. . 2007. Illustrated. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2007]

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