Ira Jacknis: 2 books
Coming of Age in Chicago
The 1893 World's Fair and the Coalescence of American Anthropology
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
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...
Collecting, Ordering, Governing
Anthropology, Museums, and Liberal Government
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
The coauthors of this theoretically innovative work explore the relationships among anthropological fieldwork, museum collecting and display, and social governance in the early twentieth century in Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, and the United States. With case studies ranging from the Musée...