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Author Parezo, Nancy J.

Title Anthropology goes to the fair : the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition / Nancy J. Parezo & Don D. Fowler.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 536 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Critical studies in the history of anthropology
Critical studies in the history of anthropology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-510) and index.
Contents Organizing the Louisiana Purchase Exposition -- WJ McGee and the science of man -- Planning the anthropology department and model Indian School -- Assembling the "races of mankind" -- Presenting worthy Indians -- The model Indian School -- The Philippine Reservation -- The anthropology villages -- The Polyglot Pike -- Being a living exhibit -- In the anthropology building -- Anthropological performances -- Celebrating the fair and going home -- The experiences of an exposition.
Summary As scientists claiming specialized knowledge about indigenous peoples, especially American Indians, anthropologists used expositions to promote their quest for professional status and authority. This title shows how anthropology showcased itself "to show each half of the world how the other half lives."
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
McGee, W J, 1853-1912.
McGee, W J, 1853-1912.
McGee, W. J., 1853-1912.
Saint Louis <Mo.> / Weltausstellung <1904>.
Indians of North America -- Exhibitions.
Indians of North America -- Exhibitions.
Indians in popular culture -- History.
Indians in popular culture.
History.
Indians of North America -- Public opinion.
Indians of North America -- Public opinion.
Public opinion -- United States.
Public opinion.
United States.
Human zoos -- United States.
Human zoos.
United States -- Ethnic relations.
Ethnic relations.
United States -- Race relations.
Race relations.
United States -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Exhibition catalogs.
Added Author Fowler, Don D., 1936-
Other Form: Print version: Parezo, Nancy J. Anthropology goes to the fair. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007 9780803237599 0803237596 (DLC) 2006102743 (OCoLC)77494494
ISBN 9780803213944 (electronic book)
0803213948 (electronic book)
9780803237599 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0803237596 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
Sudoc No. U5001 T850 .0010 -2007