essays in the history of anthropology : with a new preface Stocking, George W. 1928- creator text bibliography ilu Chicago University of Chicago Press 1968 Phoenix ed. monographic eng

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xxviii, 380 p. ; 21 cm. On the limits of "presentism" and "historicism" in the historiography of the behavioral sciences -- French anthropology in 1800 -- The persistence of polygenist thought in post-Darwinian anthropology -- Matthew Arnold, E.B. Tylor, and the uses of invention -- "Cultural Darwinism" and "philosophical idealism" in E.B. Tylor -- The dark-skinned savage, the image of primitive man in evolutionary anthropology -- From physics to ethnology -- The critique of racial formalism -- Franz Boas and the culture concept in historical perspective -- Lamarckianism in American social science, 1890-1915 -- The scientific reaction against cultural anthropology, 1917-1920. George W. Stocking, Jr. Reprint. Originally published : New York : Free Press, c1968. Includes bibliographical references and index. Anthropology History GN17 .S77 1982 GN 17.S77 1982 0226774945 81023154 DLC 811230 20110718131700.0 1371782