Applied Anthropology in America / / ed. by Elizabeth M. Eddy, William L. Partridge.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Angrosino, Michael V.,; Arensberg, Conrad M.,; Cernea, Michael M.,; Cohen, Ronald,; Dobyns, Henry F.,; Doughty, Paul L.,; Eddy, Elizabeth M.,; Fetterman, David M.,; Goodenough, Ward H.,; Handler, Mark J.,; Heighton, Christy,; Heighton, Robert H.,; Hicks, George L.,; Hill-Burnett, Jacquetta,; Johnson, Thomas M.,; Kimball, Solon T.,; Medicine, Beatrice,; Miller, Paul A.,; Partridge, William L.,; Pelto, Pertti J.,; Peterson, John H.,; Richardson, Frederick L. W.,; Schensul, J.,; Scudder, Thayer,; Whiteford, Linda M.,; Whyte, William Foote,
• HerausgeberIn: Eddy, Elizabeth M.,; Partridge, William L.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1987]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 1987
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (574 p.)

Describes the development of applied anthropology, what it is, and how applied anthropologists differ from other anthropologists. Gives numerous examples of how each subfield is represented in applied employment in the United States.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Development of Applied Anthropology in America -- Part I. The Dialogue Between Theory and Application -- 2. Theoretical Contributions of Industrial and Development Studies -- 3. Multiculturalism as the Normal Human Experience -- 4. The Elusive Nature of Cooperation and Leadership: Discovering a Primitive Process that Regulates Human Behavior -- 5. Developing Anthropological Knowledge Through Application -- 6. Policy and Social Theory in Anthropology -- 7. Organizational Behavior Research: Changing Styles of Research and Action -- 8. Opportunities, Issues, and Achievements in Development Anthropology Since the Mid-1960s: A Personal View -- 9. Toward a Theory of Practice -- Part II. Practicing Anthropology -- 10. The “Production” of a Social Methodology -- 11. The Changing Role of an Applied Anthropologist -- 12. Learning to be an Anthropologist and Remaining “Native” -- 13. Administrative Orientations from Anthropology: Thoughts of a College President -- 14. Practicing Medical Anthropology: Clinical Strategies for Work in the Hospital -- 15. The Ethnographic Evaluator -- 16. Taking the Witness Stand -- Part III. Practicing Anthropology and Public Policy -- 17. Anthropology as a Policy Science -- 18. Ethnicity, Public Policy, and Anthropologists -- 19. Vicos: Success, Rejection, and Rediscovery of a Classic Program -- 20. Applying the Anthropological Perspective to Social Policy -- 21. Service, Delivery, Advocacy, and the Policy Cycle -- 22. Toward a Framework for Policy Research in Anthropology -- Bibliography