Local Knowledge, Global Stage: 10 (Histories of Anthropology Annual)

by Frederic W . Gleach (Author), RegnaDarnell (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2016

  $51.01

  Examines worldwide historical trends of anthropology ranging from the assertion that all British anthropology is a study of the Old Testament to the discovery of the untranslated shorthand notes of pioneering anthropologist Franz Boas. Other topics include archival research into the study of Vancouver Island's indigenous languages, and explorations of the Christian notion of virgin births.