Difficult folk? a political history of social anthropology

How should we tell the histories of academic disciplines? All too often, the political and institutional dimensions of knowledge production are lost beneath the intellectual debates. This book redresses the balance. Written in a narrative style and drawing on archival sources and oral histories, it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mills, David, 1969- (-)
Autor Corporativo: Knowledge Unlatched funder (funder)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books 2008.
Colección:Methodology and history in anthropology ; v. 19.
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Sumario:How should we tell the histories of academic disciplines? All too often, the political and institutional dimensions of knowledge production are lost beneath the intellectual debates. This book redresses the balance. Written in a narrative style and drawing on archival sources and oral histories, it depicts the complex pattern of personal and administrative relationships that shape scholarly worlds. Focusing on the field of social anthropology in twentieth-century Britain, this book describes individual, departmental and institutional rivalries over funding and influence. It examines the effort
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (232 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-203) and index.
ISBN:9781785336638
9781282626829
9786612626821
9780857450319