Anthropology Goes to the Fair - The 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Paperback)

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 process.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	July 2009
Authors:	Nancy J Parezo • Don D Fowler
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	552
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-2796-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-8032-2796-5
Barcode:	9780803227965

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