| A History of Oxford Anthropology Contributor(s): Rivière, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1845453484 ISBN-13: 9781845453480 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Methodology - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 301.094 |
| LCCN: 2007034654 |
| Series: Methodology and History in Anthropology |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (1.06 lbs) 230 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Informative as well as entertaining, this volume offers many interesting facets of the first hundred years of anthropology at Oxford University. |
Contributor Bio(s): Riviere Peter: - Peter Rivière is Professor Emeritus of Social Anthropology of the University of Oxford and Fellow Emeritus of Linacre College, Oxford, and has held posts at London, Harvard, Cambridge and Oxford Universities. Specialising in the native societies of Lowland South America and the history of the European exploration of Amazonia, his publications include, The Forgotten Frontier: Ranchers of North Brazil (1972), Individual and Society in Guiana (1984), and Absented-Minded Imperialism (1995). Most recently he has published, under the aegis of The Hakluyt Society, a two-volume edition of Sir Robert Schomburgk's reports on his Guiana travels. |