Participant observers: anthropology, colonial development, and the reinvention of society in Britain

"By the 1950s, social anthropologists were at the forefront of debates about culture, society, and the limits to economic development in Britain and the British Empire. This book explains how anthropology rose to such prominence and how its influence dispersed across the humanities and social s...

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1. Verfasser: Foks, Freddy 1989- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oakland, California University of California Press [2023]
Schriftenreihe:Berkeley series in British studies 22
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Zusammenfassung:"By the 1950s, social anthropologists were at the forefront of debates about culture, society, and the limits to economic development in Britain and the British Empire. This book explains how anthropology rose to such prominence and how its influence dispersed across the humanities and social sciences. Part institutional history of social anthropology's imperial formation, part cultural history of the discipline's impact, this is the first account of social anthropology's pivotal role in Britain's midcentury intellectual culture"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
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Beschreibung:xiii, 263 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780520390324
9780520390331

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