A hundred years of anthropology
By: by T.K. Penniman ; with contributions by Beatrice Blackwood and J.S.Weiner.
Contributors: Blackwood, Beatrice.; Weiner, J. S.
Edition: 3rd ed., revised.
Publisher: Duckworth
Published: 1965
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 397
Table of contents: title: The scope of anthropology -- The formulary period : anthropology before 1835 -- The convergent period : c. 1835-1859 -- The constructive period : 1859-1900. The origin of species -- Biological discoveries and general anthropology (including sociology) -- The study of primitive peoples -- Linguistics -- Technology -- Archaeology -- Paleontology -- Recapitulation -- The critical period : 1900-1935. The subject outlined -- Physical anthropology (biological studies) -- Psychology, the link between physical and cultural anthropology -- Cultural anthropology -- Environment, the medium in which man and culture develop -- General ethnology and ethnography -- Convergence and consolidation : 1935-. Trends towards a new constructive period -- Prehistory and technology in the old world -- Physical anthropology : a survey of developments by J. S. Weiner, M.SC., M.A., PH.D., M.R.C.S. -- Americanist studies By Beatrice Blackwood, B.SC., M.A., F.S.A. -- General ethnology and social anthropology -- Postscript.