The making of British anthropology, 1813-1871 / by Efram Sera-Shriar.
Pubblicazione:
London : Pickering & Chatto, 2013.
Descrizione fisica:
XI, 255 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; 18
Contiene:
Indice: Acknowledgements. List of figures. Introduction. 1. Founding the science of man: the observational practices of James Cowles prichard and William Lawrence 2. Ethnology in transit: informants, questionnaires and the formation of the Ethnological society of London 3. Ethnology at home: Robert Gordon latham, Robert Knox and competing observational practices 4. The battle for mankind: James Hunt, Thomas Huxley and the emergence of British anthropology 5. Synthesizing the discipline: Charles Darwin, Edward Burnett Tylor and developmental anthropology in the early 1870's. Conclusion. Notes. Works cited. Index
