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A critique of anthropology's heyday from 1915-1955. The 15 essays examine such issues as the emergence of a functionalist viewpoint in ethnology, the development of a theory of human behavior despite the difficulties caused by culture, how applied anthropology was challenged by "Action Anthropology", and how the interdisciplinary anthropology of the 1940s was submerged in the post-war effort to return the discipline to traditional roots. Several of the older essays include supplementary material, including letters from colleagues and summaries of later research which update the original conclusions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
