American Anthropology in Micronesia: An Assessment

By Mac Marshall

This text evaluates how anthropological research in the Trust Territory has affected the Micronesian people, the US colonial administration and the discipline of anthropology itself. It analyzes the interplay between anthropology and history, in particular how American colonialism affected anthropologists' use of history, and examines the research that has been conducted by American anthropologists in specific topical areas of sociocultural anthropology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824820177
• ISBN13: 9780824820176
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr
• Length: 628 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 2.0" x 6.8"