| Grenville Goodwin Among the Western Apache: Letters from the Field Contributor(s): Opler, Morris E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 081653537X ISBN-13: 9780816535378 Publisher: University of Arizona Press OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Native American - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) |
| Series: Century Collection |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 9" (0.35 lbs) 104 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Grenville Goodwin was one of the leading field anthropologists during a crucial period in American Indian research--the 1930s. His letters from the field provide original source material on Western Apache beliefs and customs. They also reveal the attitudes and methods which made him so effective in his work. A dedicated and thorough ethnographer, Goodwin became familiar with every aspect of Western Apache culture. During this same period, Morris Opler was studying the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache in New Mexico. In order to exchange information about their studies, Goodwin and Opler began corresponding. Both men were convinced that a long-overdue, systematic comparison of Apachean cultures would yield significant results. |