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Author Larson, Carolyne R. (Carolyne Ryan), 1981- author.

Title Our indigenous ancestors : a cultural history of museums, science, and identity in Argentina, 1877-1943 / Carolyne R. Larson.

Publication Info. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 221 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "Examines how museum anthropologists' scientific understandings of indigenous cultures during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries impacted creole Argentines' visions of national heritage and identity"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Magic in the desert : indigenous bodies on display in the Museo de La Plata, 1877-1906 -- Prized objects : archaeological science and public actors in Buenos Aires, 1904-1930 -- El alma del norte : northwestern regionalism and anthropology, 1900-1940 -- Sensational discoveries : heroes, scandals, and the popularization of anthropology.
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Subject Anthropological museums and collections -- Social aspects -- Argentina -- History -- 19th century.
Anthropological museums and collections.
Social aspects.
Argentina.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Anthropological museums and collections -- Social aspects -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Anthropology -- Social aspects -- Argentina -- History -- 19th century.
Anthropology -- Social aspects.
Anthropology.
Anthropology -- Social aspects -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century.
National characteristics, Argentine -- History -- 19th century.
National characteristics, Argentine.
National characteristics, Argentine -- History -- 20th century.
Indians of South America -- Argentina -- Antiquities.
Indians of South America.
Antiquities.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Larson, Carolyne R. (Carolyne Ryan), 1981- Our indigenous ancestors 9780271066967 (DLC) 2015003555 (OCoLC)905699694
ISBN 9780271073194 (electronic book)
0271073195 (electronic book)
9780271066967
0271066962