American Anthropology in Micronesia: An Assessment 9780824861421
This text evaluates how anthropological research in the Trust Territory has affected the Micronesian people, the US colo
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Table of contents :
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Robert C. Kiste and Mac Marshall
CHAPTER ONE. Anthropology and Micronesia: The Context
CHAPTER TWO. Magellan’s Chroniclers? American Anthropology’s History in Micronesia
CHAPTER THREE. Cultural Ecology and Ecological Anthropology in Micronesia
CHAPTER FOUR. “Partial Connections”: Kinship and Social Organization in Micronesia
CHAPTER FIVE. Politics in Postwar Micronesia
CHAPTER SIX. Ethnicity and Identity in Micronesia
CHAPTER SEVEN. Psychological Anthropology and Its Discontents: Science and Rhetoric in Postwar Micronesia
CHAPTER EIGHT. Missed Opportunities: American Anthropological Studies of Micronesian Arts
CHAPTER NINE. American Anthropology’s Contribution to Social Problems Research in Micronesia
CHAPTER TEN. Staking Ground: Medical Anthropology, Health, and Medical Services in Micronesia
CHAPTER ELEVEN. Anthropology and the Law in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
CHAPTER TWELVE. Ripples from a Micronesian Sea
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. A Half Century in Retrospect
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?
References
Contributors
Subject Index
Name Index
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Robert C. Kiste and Mac Marshall
CHAPTER ONE. Anthropology and Micronesia: The Context
CHAPTER TWO. Magellan’s Chroniclers? American Anthropology’s History in Micronesia
CHAPTER THREE. Cultural Ecology and Ecological Anthropology in Micronesia
CHAPTER FOUR. “Partial Connections”: Kinship and Social Organization in Micronesia
CHAPTER FIVE. Politics in Postwar Micronesia
CHAPTER SIX. Ethnicity and Identity in Micronesia
CHAPTER SEVEN. Psychological Anthropology and Its Discontents: Science and Rhetoric in Postwar Micronesia
CHAPTER EIGHT. Missed Opportunities: American Anthropological Studies of Micronesian Arts
CHAPTER NINE. American Anthropology’s Contribution to Social Problems Research in Micronesia
CHAPTER TEN. Staking Ground: Medical Anthropology, Health, and Medical Services in Micronesia
CHAPTER ELEVEN. Anthropology and the Law in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
CHAPTER TWELVE. Ripples from a Micronesian Sea
CHAPTER THIRTEEN. A Half Century in Retrospect
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?
References
Contributors
Subject Index
Name Index
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- Robert Kiste (editor)
- Mac Marshall (editor)
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