Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropology
A Critical History
January 2003
Trade Paperback · 336 Pages
$48.00 U.S. · $55.50 CAN · £31.99 U.K. · €34.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780813337661
Westview Press
Trade Paperback · 336 Pages
$48.00 U.S. · $55.50 CAN · £31.99 U.K. · €34.99 E.U.
ISBN 9780813337661
Westview Press
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Description
Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropology traces the interaction of evolutionary thought and anthropological theory from Herbert Spencer to the twenty-first century. It is a focused examination of how the idea of evolution has continued to provide anthropology with a master principle around which a vast body of data can be organized and synthesized. Erudite and readable, and quoting extensively from early theorists (such as Edward Tylor, Lewis Henry Morgan, John McLennan, Henry Maine, and James Frazer) so that the reader might judge them on the basis of their own words, Evolutionism in Cultural Anthropology is useful reading for courses in anthropological theory and the history of anthropology.
About the Author
Robert L. Carneiro Curator of South American Ethnology, American Museum of Natural History, and adjunct professor of Anthropology at Columbia University. His field work has been among the Kuikuru of central Brazil, the Amahuaca of eastern Peru, and the Yanomamo of southern Venezuela.