Description
Book SynopsisAs scientists claiming specialized knowledge about indigenous peoples, especially American Indians, anthropologists used expositions to promote their quest for professional status and authority. This title shows how anthropology showcased itself "to show each half of the world how the other half lives".
Trade Review"Fascinating details and readable style make this a compelling account of the US's last great, naive exposition of 19th-century empire building."—H. G. Kong,
CHOICE“Well organized and written. The authors have researched extensively in exposition company files, the papers of McGee and others with whom he worked (or quarreled), and the archives of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other agencies connected with the exposition. A large body of secondary sources provides background and context. More than fifty illustrations add a visual dimension to the book.”—John E. Findling,
Journal of American History
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Anthropology Goes to the Fair is a major contribution to the history of racial thought and the history of anthropology."—John David Smith,
North Carolina Historical Review"Nancy Parezo and Don Fowler's
Anthropology Goes to the Fair provides a comprehensive contribution to the literature on the world fair phenomenon, focusing explicitly on the display of indigenous peoples at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. This fascinating and well-written work accomplishes a number of new things."—Mary Neuburger,
Journal of American Ethnic History"[
Anthropology Goes to the Fair] is a rollicking examination of what one might today regard as an insane enterprise. It affords valuable insight into the origins and early evolution of American anthropology, as well as an understanding of early twentieth-century social mores of the American people."—Bernard L. Fontana,
Journal of Arizona HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations
AcknowledgmentsSeries Editors' Introduction
Prologue: Setting the Stage for St. Louis
Chapter 1 Organizing the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Chapter 2 WJ McGee and the Science of Man
Chapter 3 Planning the Anthropology Department and Model Indian School
Chapter 4 Assembling the “Races of Mankind”
Chapter 5 Presenting Worthy Indians
Chapter 6 The Model Indian School
Chapter 7 The Philippine Reservation
Chapter 8 The Anthropology Villages
Chapter 9 The Polyglot Pike
Chapter 10 Being a Living Exhibit
Chapter 11 In the Anthropology Building
Chapter 12 Anthropological Performances
Chapter 13 Celebrating the Fair and Going Home
Chapter 14 The Experiences of an Exposition
Epilogue: Passing into History and Moving On
Appendix 1: McGee’s Racial Classification SchemesAppendix 2: Native ParticipantsNotesReferences
Index
