About this title: "We have, at long last, a real historian with real historical skills and no intra-professional ax to grind. . . . All these pieces show the virtues one finds missing in . . . nearly all of anthropological history work but [Stocking's]: extensive and critical use of archival sources, tracing of real rather than merely plausible intellectual connections, and contextualization of ideas and movements in terms of broader social and cultural currents. Stocking writes very clearly; attacks important topics--race and evolution, the influence of scientism, the interaction between anthropology and ...
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226774947ISBN:0226774945
Description: Good. 0226774945 Originally published 1962. Published 1982 with new preface. Worn. Spine slightly twisted, Name of former owner stamped on edge. No annotation, underlining, or highlighting found inside. Average size (8vo): > 7.75-9.75 inches tall. 380 pp. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226774947ISBN:0226774945
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780226774947ISBN:0226774945
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Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Free Press, New York
Date Published: 1968
ISBN-13:9780029315309ISBN:0029315301
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0029315301. 8vo 8"-9" tall. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226774947ISBN:0226774945
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1982-04-15
ISBN-13:9780226774947ISBN:0226774945
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PR
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780226774947ISBN:0226774945
Description: New. "We have, at long last, a real historian with real historical skills and no intra-professional ax to grind....All these pieces show the virtues one finds missing in...nearly all of anthropological history work but [Stocking's]: extensive and... read more
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