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The Roth Family, Anthropology, and Colonial Administration (Paperback)
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The Roth Family, Anthropology, and Colonial Administration (Paperback)
Series: UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications
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No family better represents the overlapping roles of administrator
and scientist in the British empire than the Roths. Descended from
a Hungarian emigrant to Australia, two generations of Roths served
the empire on four continents and, at the same time, produced
ethnographic, archaeological, and linguistic studies that form the
basis for much modern research. This volume assesses the
often-conflicting roles and contributions of the Roths as
government servants and anthropologists. Most of the volume deals
with Walter E. Roth, who developed foundational studies of both the
Australian Aborigines-considered to be among the first systematic
ethnographies anywhere-and South American tribes while serving as
Chief Protector of Aborigines in Queensland and later medical
officer, magistrate, museum curator and indigenous relations
officer in British Guyana. Henry Ling Roth's contributions to the
anthropology of Tasmania, Benin, Sarawak, and New Zealand are also
enumerated, as are the publications and administrative activities
of the succeeding generation of Roths. This volume serves the
reader as a family biography, a slice of the English colonial
history, and an important introduction to the history of
anthropology.
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