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Prophets and Ghosts

The Story of Salvage Anthropology

By: Samuel J. Redman

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Prophets and Ghosts

The Story of Salvage Anthropology

By: Samuel J. Redman

A searching account of nineteenth-century salvage anthropology, an effort to preserve the culture of ÒvanishingÓ Indigenous peoples through dispossession of the very communities it was meant to protect. In the late nineteenth century, anthropologists, linguists, archaeologists, and other chroniclers began amassing Indigenous cultural objectsÑcrafts, clothing, images, song recordingsÑby the millions. Convinced that Indigenous peoples were doomed to disappear, collectors donated these objects to museums and universities that would preserve and exhibit them. Samuel Redman dives into the archive to understand what the collectors deemed the tradition of the Òvanishing IndianÓ and what we can learn from the complex legacy of salvage anthropology. The salvage catalog betrays a vision of Native cultures clouded by racist assumptionsÑa vision that had lasting consequences. The collecting practice became an engine of the American museum and significantly shaped public education and preservation, as well as popular ideas about Indigenous cultures. Prophets and Ghosts teases out the moral challenges inherent in the salvage project. Preservationists successfully maintained an important human inheritance, sometimes through collaboration with Indigenous people, but collectorsÕ methods also included outright theft. The resulting portrait of Indigenous culture reinforced the publicÕs confidence in the hierarchies of superiority and inferiority invented by ÒscientificÓ racism. Today the same salvaged objects are sources of invaluable knowledge for researchers and museum visitors. But the question of what should be done with such collections is nonetheless urgent. Redman interviews Indigenous artists and curators, who offer fresh perspectives on the history and impact of cultural salvage, pointing to new ideas on how we might contend with a challenging inheritance.

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329

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Harvard University Press

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0674979575

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9780674979574

Shakespeare at the Cineplex

The Kenneth Branagh Era

By: Samuel Crowl

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Shakespeare at the Cineplex

The Kenneth Branagh Era

By: Samuel Crowl

Samuel Crowl's 'Shakespeare at the Cineplex' explores the major Shakespeare films released since the surprising success of Kenneth Branagh's 'Henry V' in 1989.

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289

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Ohio University Press

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0821414941

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9780821414941

Uncommon Education

The History and Philosophy of Prescott College, 1950s Through 2006

By: Samuel Nyal Henrie

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Uncommon Education

The History and Philosophy of Prescott College, 1950s Through 2006

By: Samuel Nyal Henrie

Uncommon Education traces the evolution of Prescott College. In this compelling work, Samuel Henrie and others reveal what led to the inception of this special institution, the philosophy behind it, and a rare curriculum that includes adventure education, social and ecological justice fieldwork, and other hands-on and unique educational opportunities. "Sam Henrie has made an immense contribution to higher education by chronicling this grand, ongoing adventure in learning. Prescott College's hands-on, feet-in-the-field approach not only makes far more sense than the cattle calls that pass for education at most places, but its amazing resilience and resurrection is one of the most hopeful stories for our times-a true tale of how good ideas really can win if we never give up." -Alan Weisman, Laureate Professor of Journalism, University of Arizona, retired Professor of Writing at Prescott College, author of The World Without Us, Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World, and other works

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458

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Wheatmark, Inc.

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1604940212

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9781604940213

The Founding of Harvard College

By: Samuel Eliot Morison

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The Founding of Harvard College

By: Samuel Eliot Morison

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Samuel Eliot Morison traces the roots of American universities back to Europe, providing "a lively contemporary perspective...a realistic picture of the founding of the first American university north of the Rio Grande" [Lewis Gannett, New York Herald Tribune].

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596

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Harvard University Press

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0674314514

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9780674314511

Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston

By: Samuel Drake

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Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston

By: Samuel Drake

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

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506

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368837729

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9783368837723

Book's by Samuel Parker

Prophets and Ghosts

Prophets and Ghosts

Shakespeare at the Cineplex

Shakespeare at the Cineplex

Uncommon Education

Uncommon Education

The Founding of Harvard College

The Founding of Harvard College

Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston

Old Landmarks and Historic Personages of Boston

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