A Social History of Anthropology in the United States - 9781350076211

Name: A Social History of Anthropology in the United States - 9781350076211
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

A Social History of Anthropology in the United StatesAuthor(s): Thomas C. Patterson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350076211, 978-1350076211\nSynopsis\nThis book offers a comprehensive introduction to the social history of anthropology in the United States, examining the circumstances that gave rise to the discipline and illuminating the role of anthropology in the modern world.\n\nThomas C. Patterson considers the shifting social and political-economic conditions in which anthropological knowledge has been produced and deployed, the appearance of practices focused on particular regions or groups, the place of anthropology in structures of power, and the role of the educator in forging, perpetuating, and changing representations of past and contemporary peoples. The book addresses the negative reputation that anthropology took on as an offspring of imperialism, and provides fascinating insight into th.