{"product_id":"a-history-of-oxford-anthropology-9781845456993","title":"A History of Oxford Anthropology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tInformative as well as entertaining, this volume offers many interesting facets of the first hundred years of anthropology at Oxford University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“Oxford has arguably contributed more to our understanding of tribal societies than any other department of anthropology in the world… Through creating a virtual community, by uniting their work and their lives, by their assurance, generations of Oxford scholars have been able to make the leaps which take us into new and previously unsuspected worlds. They had the privileges, the shared zeal and the shock of similarity-with-difference which engenders true creativity and they made good use of it.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e• [from the Preface]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“[The volume’s] virtues include giving outsiders a sense of Oxford anthropology’s oral tradition.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e• Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“ There is no doubt that Oxford has been a leading player in the discipline of anthropology. It is precisely the fact that this resounding success can be taken for granted that makes possible this deliciously indiscreet retrospective.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Books \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePeter Rivière\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Origins and Survivals: Tylor, Balfour and the Pitt Rivers Museum and their Role within Anthropology in Oxford 1883–1905\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eChristopher Gosden\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrances Larson\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlison Petch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e The Formative Years: the Committee for Anthropology 1905–38\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePeter Rivière\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e How All Souls got its Anthropologist\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJohn Davis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e A Major Disaster to Anthropology? Oxford and Alfred Reginald Radcliffe-Brown\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDavid Mills\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e ‘A feeling for form and pattern, and a touch of genius’: E–P’s Vision and the Institute, 1946–70\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eWendy James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford and Biological Anthropology\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eGeoffrey Harrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford Anthropology as an Extra-curricular Activity: OUAS and JASO\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRobert Parkin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford Anthropology since 1970: through Schismogenesis to a new Testament\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJonathan Benthall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eAppendix:\u003c\/b\u003e Reflections on Oxford’s Global Links\u003cbr\u003e \tCompiled by \u003ci\u003eWendy James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042984952151,"sku":"9781845456993","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845456993.jpg?v=1750956522","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-history-of-oxford-anthropology-9781845456993","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}