Susan Brownell 1904 Anthropology Days All Books sku-10155662

Susan Brownell All Books hardcover, SKU sku-10155662, is Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology: The 1904 Anthropology Days and Olympic Games: Sport, Race, and American Imperialism. This interdisciplinary essay collection examines race, imperialism, and Western civilization at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, which included the third modern Olympic Games. William J. McGee and James Sullivan organized Anthropology Days; McGee recruited Native people from the fair's ethnic displays for sports events intended to compare their physical prowess with that of “civilized men.” The essays discuss the conflict between Old World emphasis on culture and New World emphasis on utilitarianism, and the shift from evolutionary racial models toward cultural relativism, including Franz Boas's paper at the Scientific Congress. They also address the continued appearance of racist pseudoscience in sports.