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Scenes from the High Desert: JULIAN STEWARD'S LIFE and THEORY - Softcover

Kerns, Virginia

 
9780252076350: Scenes from the High Desert: JULIAN STEWARD'S LIFE and THEORY
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0252076354 ISBN 13: 9780252076350
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2009

Synopsis

Julian Steward (1902-72) is best remembered in American anthropology as the creator of cultural ecology, a theoretical approach that has influenced generations of archaeologists and cultural anthropologists. Virginia Kerns considers the intellectual and emotional influences of Steward's remarkable career, exploring his early life in the American West, his continued attachments to western landscapes and inhabitants, his research with Native Americans, and the writing of his classic work, Theory of Culture Change. With fluid prose and rich detail, the book captures the essence and breadth of Steward's career while carefully measuring the ways he reinforced the male-centered structure of mid-twentieth-century American anthropology.

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About the Author

Virginia Kerns, a professor of anthropology at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is the author of Women and the Ancestors: Black Carib Kinship and Ritual.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0252076354
ISBN 13 
9780252076350
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
448