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Anthropology Unmasked On Sale Already
After nearly seven years in the making, Anthropology Unmasked: Museums, Science, and Politics in New York City, is almost in hand! The book, in two volumes, is due to hit shelves in mid-December. You can pre-order the book for a reduced price at amazon.com.
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“When asked why he wrote the book, Freed said:
In the 1980s, I joined the small group of anthropologists who were writing about the history of their subject. I believed that I could add some balance to American anthropological history, and that the best place to start was with museums—
where the story began. The more I delved into the archives, the more I was fascinated. I was hooked.”
― Anthropology Unmasked: Museums, Science, and Politics in New York City - Volume I: The Putnam-Boas Era
In the 1980s, I joined the small group of anthropologists who were writing about the history of their subject. I believed that I could add some balance to American anthropological history, and that the best place to start was with museums—
where the story began. The more I delved into the archives, the more I was fascinated. I was hooked.”
― Anthropology Unmasked: Museums, Science, and Politics in New York City - Volume I: The Putnam-Boas Era
“For over a century, an evolving microcosm of Anthropology’s turbulent history has hidden behind the staid façade of the American Museum of Natural History. From an insider’s perspective, the well-known ethnologist Stan Freed engagingly introduces us to an amazing cast of explorers, eccentrics, idealists, pranksters and forbidding intellectual - an unlikely mix that played a key role in establishing the science of Anthropology as we know it today.”
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“When asked why he wrote the book, Freed said:
In the 1980s, I joined the small group of anthropologists who were writing about the history of their subject. I believed that I could add some balance to American anthropological history, and that the best place to start was with museums—
where the story began. The more I delved into the archives, the more I was fascinated. I was hooked.”
― Anthropology Unmasked: Museums, Science, and Politics in New York City - Volume I: The Putnam-Boas Era
In the 1980s, I joined the small group of anthropologists who were writing about the history of their subject. I believed that I could add some balance to American anthropological history, and that the best place to start was with museums—
where the story began. The more I delved into the archives, the more I was fascinated. I was hooked.”
― Anthropology Unmasked: Museums, Science, and Politics in New York City - Volume I: The Putnam-Boas Era
