combines scholarly essays and primary documents to explore the significance of the 1893 World’s Fair and the history of American anthropology.
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List of Tables
Introduction: The Chicago Fair and American Anthropology in 1893
Curtis M. Hinsley and David R. Wilcox
Abbreviations
Essay 1. Anthropology as Education and Entertainment: Frederic Ward Putnam at the World’s Fair
Curtis M. Hinsley
Document A. Franz Boas, “Ethnology at the Exposition” (1893)
Document B. Frederic Ward Putnam, “The Columbus Memorial Museum: Address to the Commercial Club of Chicago” (1891)
Document C. “Man and His Works: Ethnological Exhibit at the Fair” (1893)
Essay 2. Ambiguous Legacy: Daniel Garrison Brinton at the International Congress of Anthropology
Curtis M. Hinsley
Appendix: Analysis of Registered Members of the International Congress of Anthropology, World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893
David R. Wilcox
Document D. William Henry Holmes, “The World’s Fair Congress of Anthropology” (1893)
Essay 3. Anthropology in a Changing America: Interpreting the Chicago “Triumph” of Frank Hamilton Cushing
David R. Wilcox
Document E. Excerpts from the Diary of Frank Hamilton Cushing at the World’s Fair (June 16–September 12, 1893)
Document F. Monthly Report of Mr. Frank Hamilton Cushing (September 1893)
Document G. “The Pueblos at Home” (September 1894)
A Visual Interlude: Popular Images of Anthropology and Its Subjects at the Fair
Curtis M. Hinsley
Essay 4. Refracting Images: Anthropological Display at the Chicago World’s Fair, 1893
Ira Jacknis
Essay 5. Relic Hunters in the White City: Artifacts, Authority, and Ambition at the World’s Columbian Exposition
James E. Snead
Document H. Cushing’s Analysis of the Hazzard Cliff Dweller Collection (1895)
Document I. Warren King Moorehead, “The Ancient Man: The Anthropological Exhibit at the World’s Fair” (June 22, 1893)
Essay 6. Patrons, Popularizers, and Professionals: The Institutional Setting of Late Nineteenth-Century Anthropology in Chicago
Donald McVicker
Document J. “Heir of the Big Fair: Field Columbian Museum Opened” (1894)
Essay 7. Going National: American Anthropology Successfully Redefines Itself as an Accepted Academic Domain
David R. Wilcox
Appendix: Comparison of Primary Contributors to the
American Anthropologist, 1888–1925
David R. Wilcox
Document K. Daniel Garrison Brinton, “The Aims of Anthropology” (1895)
Document L. Franz Boas, “The Limitations of the Comparative Method of Anthropology” (1896)
Afterword: The Ironies of the Fair, the Uncertainties of Anthropology
Curtis M. Hinsley
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
About the author
Curtis M. Hinsley is Regents’ Professor Emeritus of History and Comparative Cultural Studies at Northern Arizona University. He is the coauthor (with David R. Wilcox) of
The Lost Itinerary of Frank Hamilton Cushing and
The Southwest in the American Imagination: The Writings of Sylvester Baxter, 1881–1889.
David R. Wilcox (1944–2022) was the former head of the anthropology department at the Museum of Northern Arizona and was an adjunct professor at Northern Arizona University. He is the coeditor of
Zuni Origins: Toward a New Synthesis of Southwestern Archaeology.
Summary
Coming of Age in Chicago combines scholarly essays and primary documents to explore the significance of the 1893 World’s Fair and the history of American anthropology.
