{"product_id":"chicanery-senior-academic-appointments-in-antipodean-anthropology-1920-1960-9781800739703","title":"Chicanery: Senior Academic Appointments in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcademic appointments can bring forth unexpected and unforeseen contests and tensions, cause humiliation and embarrassment for unsuccessful applicants and reveal unexpected allies and enemies. It is also a time when harsh assessments can be made about colleagues’ intellectual abilities and their capacity as a scholar and fieldworker. The assessors’ reports were often disturbingly personal, laying bare their likes and dislikes that could determine the futures of peers and colleagues. \u003cem\u003eChicanery \u003c\/em\u003edeals with how the founding Chairs at Sydney, the Australian National University, Auckland and Western Australia dealt with this process, and includes accounts of the appointments of influential anthropologists such as Raymond Firth and Alexander Ratcliffe-Brown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is an erudite eye-opening account of key appointments which shaped Antipodean anthropology. Three prominent Pacific historians scour the academic undergrowth to illuminate the politics of electing Chairs. It makes extensive (indeed, mind-boggling) use of primary sources in public and private archives, as well as interviews to bring clarity to the politics of senior appointments within a nuanced appreciation of context.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Robert Gordon\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Vermont\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPrologue\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Establishing Social Anthropology in the Antipodes\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Anthropology at Sydney: A.R. Radcliffe-Brown and A.P. Elkin\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Australasian Anthropology and the Second World War\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘A Matter of Reproach to New Zealand’: Auckland University College, 1949\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e ‘The Brightest of His Generation’: Siegfried Frederick Nadel, Foundation Professor of Anthropology, the Australian National University\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Finding a Successor to A.P. Elkin, 1955\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Expansion: Anthropology at the University of Western Australia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Successor to S.F. Nadel\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sydney Again\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tEpilogue\u003cbr\u003e \tReferences\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042755576151,"sku":"9781800739703","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800739703.jpg?v=1750955488","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chicanery-senior-academic-appointments-in-antipodean-anthropology-1920-1960-9781800739703","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}