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Anthropology goes to the fair : the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parezo, Nancy J.
Other Authors: Fowler, Don D., 1936-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2007]
Series:Critical studies in the history of anthropology.
Subjects:
Louisiana Purchase Exposition > (1904 : > Saint Louis, Mo.)
Human zoos > United States.
Public opinion > United States.
Indians of North America > Public opinion.
Indians in popular culture > History.
Indians of North America > Exhibitions.
United States > History.
United States > Race relations.
United States > Ethnic relations.
McGee, W J, > 1853-1912.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Organizing the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
  • WJ McGee and the science of man
  • Planning the anthropology department and model Indian school
  • Assembling the "races of mankind"
  • Presenting worthy Indians
  • The Model Indian School
  • The Philippine Reservation
  • The anthropology villages
  • The polyglot pike
  • Being a living exhibit
  • In the anthropology building
  • Anthropological performances
  • Celebrating the fair and going home
  • The experiences of an exposition.