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Prophets and Ghosts - The Story of Salvage Anthropology (Hardcover): Samuel J Redman Prophets and Ghosts - The Story of Salvage Anthropology (Hardcover)
Samuel J Redman
R920 Discovery Miles 9 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A searching account of nineteenth-century salvage anthropology, an effort to preserve the culture of "vanishing" Indigenous peoples through dispossession of the very communities it was meant to protect. In the late nineteenth century, anthropologists, linguists, archaeologists, and other chroniclers began amassing Indigenous cultural objects-crafts, clothing, images, song recordings-by the millions. Convinced that Indigenous peoples were doomed to disappear, collectors donated these objects to museums and universities that would preserve and exhibit them. Samuel Redman dives into the archive to understand what the collectors deemed the tradition of the "vanishing Indian" and what we can learn from the complex legacy of salvage anthropology. The salvage catalog betrays a vision of Native cultures clouded by racist assumptions-a vision that had lasting consequences. The collecting practice became an engine of the American museum and significantly shaped public education and preservation, as well as popular ideas about Indigenous cultures. Prophets and Ghosts teases out the moral challenges inherent in the salvage project. Preservationists successfully maintained an important human inheritance, sometimes through collaboration with Indigenous people, but collectors' methods also included outright theft. The resulting portrait of Indigenous culture reinforced the public's confidence in the hierarchies of superiority and inferiority invented by "scientific" racism. Today the same salvaged objects are sources of invaluable knowledge for researchers and museum visitors. But the question of what should be done with such collections is nonetheless urgent. Redman interviews Indigenous artists and curators, who offer fresh perspectives on the history and impact of cultural salvage, pointing to new ideas on how we might contend with a challenging inheritance.

Bone Rooms - From Scientific Racism to Human Prehistory in Museums (Paperback): Samuel J Redman Bone Rooms - From Scientific Racism to Human Prehistory in Museums (Paperback)
Samuel J Redman
R539 Discovery Miles 5 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A Smithsonian Book of the Year A Nature Book of the Year "Provides much-needed foundation of the relationship between museums and Native Americans." -Smithsonian In 1864 a US Army doctor dug up the remains of a Dakota man who had been killed in Minnesota and sent the skeleton to a museum in Washington that was collecting human remains for research. In the "bone rooms" of the Smithsonian, a scientific revolution was unfolding that would change our understanding of the human body, race, and prehistory. Seeking evidence to support new theories of racial classification, collectors embarked on a global competition to recover the best specimens of skeletons, mummies, and fossils. As the study of these discoveries discredited racial theory, new ideas emerging in the budding field of anthropology displaced race as the main motive for building bone rooms. Today, as a new generation seeks to learn about the indigenous past, momentum is building to return objects of spiritual significance to native peoples. "A beautifully written, meticulously documented analysis of [this] little-known history." -Brian Fagan, Current World Archeology "How did our museums become great storehouses of human remains? Bone Rooms chases answers...through shifting ideas about race, anatomy, anthropology, and archaeology and helps explain recent ethical standards for the collection and display of human dead." -Ann Fabian, author of The Skull Collectors "Details the nascent views of racial science that evolved in U.S. natural history, anthropological, and medical museums...Redman effectively portrays the remarkable personalities behind [these debates]...pitting the prickly Ales Hrdlicka at the Smithsonian...against ally-turned-rival Franz Boas at the American Museum of Natural History." -David Hurst Thomas, Nature

The Museum - A Short History of Crisis and Resilience (Hardcover): Samuel J Redman The Museum - A Short History of Crisis and Resilience (Hardcover)
Samuel J Redman
R667 R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Save R115 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Celebrates the resilience of American cultural institutions in the face of national crises and challenges On an afternoon in January 1865, a roaring fire swept through the Smithsonian Institution. Dazed soldiers and worried citizens could only watch as the flames engulfed the museum's castle. Rare objects and valuable paintings were destroyed. The flames at the Smithsonian were not the first-and certainly would not be the last- disaster to upend a museum in the United States. Beset by challenges ranging from pandemic and war to fire and economic uncertainty, museums have sought ways to emerge from crisis periods stronger than before, occasionally carving important new paths forward in the process. The Museum explores the concepts of "crisis" as it relates to museums, and how these historic institutions have dealt with challenges ranging from depression and war to pandemic and philosophical uncertainty. Fires, floods, and hurricanes have all upended museum plans and forced people to ask difficult questions about American cultural life. With chapters exploring World War I and the 1918 influenza pandemic, the Great Depression, World War II, the 1970 Art Strike in New York City, and recent controversies in American museums, this book takes a new approach to understanding museum history. By diving deeper into the changes that emerged from these key challenges, Samuel J. Redman argues that cultural institutions can-and should- use their history to prepare for challenges and solidify their identity going forward. A captivating examination of crisis moments in US museum history from the early years of the twentieth century to the present day, The Museum offers inspiration in the resilience and longevity of America's most prized cultural institutions.

The Book of Perpetual Adoration; or, The Love of Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament ... (Paperback): Henri Marie Boudon, J. Redman The Book of Perpetual Adoration; or, The Love of Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament ... (Paperback)
Henri Marie Boudon, J. Redman
R595 Discovery Miles 5 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Book of Perpetual Adoration Or The Love of Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament (Paperback): J Redman D D The Book of Perpetual Adoration Or The Love of Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament (Paperback)
J Redman D D; Henri Marie Boudon
R406 Discovery Miles 4 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Book of Perpetual Adoration Or The Love of Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament - Large Print Edition (Paperback): J Redman D D The Book of Perpetual Adoration Or The Love of Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament - Large Print Edition (Paperback)
J Redman D D; Henri Marie Boudon
R480 Discovery Miles 4 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Gasoline Age-Why? (Hardcover): Herbert J. Redman The Gasoline Age-Why? (Hardcover)
Herbert J. Redman
R778 Discovery Miles 7 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In an age when the supply of gasoline to feed this modern American society has become both more expensive and more scarce questions are being pondered. Inquires like, 'How can a modern society scale back its dependence on gasoline as a motive source?' 'Are there genuine alternative power sources?' 'Are they the answer to a growing crisis?' Recent announcements of hybrids like those from Honda, Toyota, and Ford have really brought attention to this issue. Hybrids that use both gasoline engines and electric motors. Really, though, alternative power sources have been around for as long as the automobile has been. The battle between and among the steam car, the electric and the gas car was fought out in the first couple of decades of the twentieth century. This book explores the ins and outs of that battle. A struggle from which the gasoline car emerged completely victorious. To such an extent that steam cars and electric cars virtually disappeared from the scene for many decades. We will look over all three alternatives, exploring their advantages and disadvantages. We will also look over the obstacles to the steamers and the electrics. Barriers that still exist to a certain extent. Handicaps that caused their disappearance in the first place.

The Gasoline Age-Why? (Paperback): Herbert J. Redman The Gasoline Age-Why? (Paperback)
Herbert J. Redman
R543 Discovery Miles 5 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In an age when the supply of gasoline to feed this modern American society has become both more expensive and more scarce questions are being pondered. Inquires like, 'How can a modern society scale back its dependence on gasoline as a motive source?' 'Are there genuine alternative power sources?' 'Are they the answer to a growing crisis?' Recent announcements of hybrids like those from Honda, Toyota, and Ford have really brought attention to this issue. Hybrids that use both gasoline engines and electric motors. Really, though, alternative power sources have been around for as long as the automobile has been. The battle between and among the steam car, the electric and the gas car was fought out in the first couple of decades of the twentieth century. This book explores the ins and outs of that battle. A struggle from which the gasoline car emerged completely victorious. To such an extent that steam cars and electric cars virtually disappeared from the scene for many decades. We will look over all three alternatives, exploring their advantages and disadvantages. We will also look over the obstacles to the steamers and the electrics. Barriers that still exist to a certain extent. Handicaps that caused their disappearance in the first place.

Bone Rooms - From Scientific Racism to Human Prehistory in Museums (Hardcover): Samuel J Redman Bone Rooms - From Scientific Racism to Human Prehistory in Museums (Hardcover)
Samuel J Redman
R1,159 R1,060 Discovery Miles 10 600 Save R99 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A Smithsonian Top History Book of the Year A Nature Book of the Year "How did our museums become great storehouses of human remains? What have we learned from the skulls and bones of unburied dead? Bone Rooms chases answers to these questions through shifting ideas about race, anatomy, anthropology, and archaeology and helps explain recent ethical standards for the collection and display of human dead." -Ann Fabian, author of The Skull Collectors In 1864 a US Army doctor dug up the remains of a Dakota man who had been killed in Minnesota. Carefully recording his observations, he sent the skeleton to a museum in Washington, DC, that was collecting human remains for research. In the "bone rooms" of this museum and others like it, a scientific revolution was unfolding that would change our understanding of the human body, race, and prehistory. In Bone Rooms Samuel Redman unearths the story of how human remains became highly sought-after artifacts for both scientific research and public display. Seeking evidence to support new theories of human evolution and racial classification, collectors embarked on a global competition to recover the best specimens of skeletons, mummies, and fossils. The Smithsonian Institution built the largest collection of human remains in the United States, edging out stiff competition from natural history and medical museums springing up in cities and on university campuses across America. When the San Diego Museum of Man opened in 1915, it mounted the largest exhibition of human skeletons ever presented to the public. The study of human remains yielded discoveries that increasingly discredited racial theory; as a consequence, interest in human origins and evolution-ignited by ideas emerging in the budding field of anthropology-displaced race as the main motive for building bone rooms. Today, debates about the ethics of these collections continue, but the terms of engagement were largely set by the surge of collecting that was already waning by World War II.

Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 (Paperback): Herbert J. Redman Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 (Paperback)
Herbert J. Redman
R1,697 Discovery Miles 16 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Seven Years' War (1756-1763), known as the French and Indian War in North America, was perhaps the first war that could properly be called a world war. It involved the major European countries, North and Central America, the coast of West Africa, the Philippines, and India. A major player in the war was Frederick the Great (1712-1786), the king of Prussia and a great military leader. The first major work on the monarch and his role in the war for more than a century, this book will undoubtedly shed light on many aspects of military and European history.

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