Our Indigenous Ancestors - A Cultural History of Museums, Science, and Identity in Argentina, 1877–1943

About the author

Carolyne R. Larson is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Wyoming.

Summary

Examines how museum anthropologists' scientific understandings of indigenous cultures during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries impacted creole Argentines' visions of national heritage and identity.

Product details

• Authors: Carolyne R. Larson, Carolyne R. (University of Wyoming) Larson
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2016
• EAN: 9780271066974
• ISBN: 978-0-271-06697-4
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; South America, Cultural Studies, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, HISTORY / Latin America / General, History of the Americas, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, South America; History; Latin America; Argentina