George W. Stocking (1928–2013)

Author of Race, Culture, and Evolution: Essays in the History of Anthropology

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About the Author

George W. Stocking, Jr. is the Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology and the Committee on the Conceptual Foundations of Science at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many books, including Victorian Anthropology; After Tylor -British show more Social Anthropology, 1888-l951; Delimiting Anthropology; and The Ethnographer's Magic. He founded the History of Anthropology series published by the University of Wisconsin Press and edited its first eight volumes. show less

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Works by George W. Stocking

Victorian Anthropology (1987) 66 copies

Objects and Others: Essays on Museums and Material Culture (History of Anthropology) (1985) 49 copies

The Ethnographer's Magic and Other Essays in the History of Anthropology (1992) 42 copies

After Tylor: British Social Anthropology, 1888-1951 (1995) 40 copies

Observers Observed: Essays on Ethnographic Fieldwork (History of Anthropology) (1983) 39 copies

Colonial Situations: Essays on the Contextualization of Ethnographic Knowledge (Volume 7) (History of Anthropology) (1991) 23 copies

Romantic Motives: Essays on Anthropological Sensibility (History of Anthropology) (1989) 23 copies

Malinowski, Rivers, Benedict and Others: Essays on Culture and Personality (History of Anthropology) (1986) 23 copies

Functionalism historicized : essays on British social anthropology (1984) 22 copies

Bones, Bodies, Behavior: Essays on Biological Anthropology (History of Anthropology) (1988) 21 copies

The Shaping of American Anthropology, 1883-1911: A Franz Boas Reader (1974) 21 copies

Volksgeist as Method and Ethic: Essays on Boasian Ethnography and the German Anthropological Tradition (History of Anthropology) (1996) 16 copies

Selected Papers from the 'American Anthropologist', 1921-1945 (1976) 9 copies, 1 review

Glimpses into my own black box : an exercise in self-deconstruction (2010) 4 copies

Arizona Wonder and Light (Wonder and Light series) (2007) 3 copies

Middle East Oil; A Study in Political and Economic Controversy (1970) 3 copies

Delimiting anthropology : occasional essays and reflections (2001) 2 copies

American anthropology, 1921-1945 : papers from the American anthropologist 2 copies

Anthropology at Chicago : tradition, discipline, department : an exhibition marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Depa 1 copy

Monopoly and Free Enterprise 1 copy

Franz Boas. A formação da antropologia americana. 1883-1911 1 copy

Cartels in action : case studies in international business diplomacy (1946) 1 copy

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