Biographical dictionary of social and cultural anthropology
By: edited by Vered Amit.
Contributors: Amit, Vered, 1955-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 613
Subjects: Anthropologists -- Biography -- Dictionaries; Ethnologists -- Biography -- Dictionaries
Genres: Biography; Dictionaries
Description: "In addition to covering the primary centers of production in the United States and Britain, this volume also includes leading anthropologists from a wide range of regions and backgrounds. Combining valuable essays on seminal historical figures, as well as entries on the foremost scholars of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this unique reference offers an important overview of the historical and contemporary reach of anthropological research." "With nearly 600 signed entries from a global team of contributors, this comprehensive work is destined to be the definitive reference source for authoritative information on the historical and contemporary key figures in the field."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.