In the Museum of Man

by Alice L. Conklin

Book Overview

In the Museum of Man offers new insight into the thorny relationship between science, society, and empire at the high-water mark of French imperialism and European racism. Alice L. Conklin takes us into the formative years of French anthropology and social theory between 1850 and 1900; then deep into the practice of anthropology, under the name of ethnology, both in Paris and in the empire before and especially after World War I; and finally,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801478782
• ISBN13: 9780801478789
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher