American anthropology in Micronesia an assessment

Kiste, Robert C., 1936- (Added Author). Marshall, Mac. (Added Author).

Summary: "American Anthropology in Micronesia: An Assessment evaluates how anthropological research in the Trust Territory has affected the Micronesian people, the U.S. colonial administration, and the discipline of anthropology itself. Contributors analyze the interplay between anthropology and history, in particular how American colonialism affected anthropologists' use of history, and examine the research that has been conducted by American anthropologists in specific topical areas of socio-cultural anthropology. Although concentrating largely on disciplinary concerns, the authors consider the connections between work done in the era of applied anthropology and that completed later when anthropology was pursued mainly for its own sake. The focus then returns to applied concerns in more recent years and issues pertaining to the relevance of anthropology for the world of practical affairs. It will be of essential interest to students and scholars of Pacific Islands studies and the history of anthropology."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 0824820177 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0824820177 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780824820176 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780585240602 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0585240604 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 628 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Publisher: Honolulu : University of Hawaiì Press, ©1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-610) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	Anthropology and Micronesia: the context / Robert C. Kiste and Suzanne Falgout -- Magellan's chroniclers? American anthropology's history in Micronesia / David Hanlon -- Cultural ecology and ecological anthropology in Micronesia / William H. Alkire -- 'Partial connections': kinship and social organization in Micronesia / Mac Marshall -- Politics in postwar Micronesia / Glenn Petersen -- Ethnicity and identity in Micronesia / Lin Poyer -- Psychological anthropology and its discontents: science and rhetoric in postwar Micronesia / Peter W. Black -- Missed opportunities: American anthropological studies of Micronesian arts / Karen L. Nero -- American anthropology's contribution to social problems research in Micronesia / Francis X. Hezel -- Staking ground: medical anthropology, health, and medical services in Micronesia / Donald H. Rubinstein -- Anthropology and the law in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands / Edward C. King -- Ripples from a Micronesian sea / Mac Marshall -- A half century in retrospect / Robert C. Kiste -- Appendix 1: American anthropologists in Micronesia research projects and positions -- Appendix 2: Micronesia anthropology dissertations accepted by US universities, 1949-1997 -- Appendix 3: The 'tiny islands': a comparable impact on the larger discipline? / Terence E. Hays.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
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