Coming of Age in Chicago: The 1893 World's Fair and the Coalescence of American Anthropology

by Curtis M. Hinsley

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Coming of Age in Chicago explores a watershed moment in American anthropology, when an unprecedented number of historians and anthropologists of all subfields gathered on the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition fairgrounds, drawn together by the fair's focus on indigenous peoples. Participants included people making a living with their research, sporadic backyard diggers, religiously motivated researchers, and a small group who sought a "scientific"...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0803268386

ISBN13:9780803268388

Release Date:February 2016

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Length:624 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:1.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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