Torres Strait has an established place in the history of anthropology because of its association with the Cambridge University Expedition of 1898 organised by A. C. Haddon. This early British anthropological expedition is regarded as a seminal event in the formation of academic anthropology in Britain. Its goal was to make an unprecedentedly comprehensive anthropological study embracing ethnology, physical anthropology, psychology, linguistics, sociology and ethnomusicology. The nine interdisciplinary essays in this centenary volume offer ways of looking at and situation the Expedition's work in historical and intellectual debates. Central themes covered are the relationship between the expedition members and the Torres Strait Islanders: the innovations associated with the Expedition and the Expedition's influence on the development of anthropology and psychology. One hundred years on, the results of the Expedition have a contemporary relevance for anthropology and for the Torres Strait Islanders.
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"The Torres Strait Expedition of 1898 marked a turning point in the discipline of anthropology. This centenary publication makes it complicated legacy accessible to students of the history of the discipline as well as to those studying contemporary Torres Strait complexities." Choice "...marvelously illustrated collection of centenary essays..." Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
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Torres Strait has an established place in the history of anthropology because of its association with the Cambridge University Expedition of 1898 organised by A. C. Haddon. The nine interdisciplinary essays in this centenary volume offer ways of looking at and situation the Expedition's work in historical and intellectual debates.
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Torres Strait, New Guinea, British New, New York, After Tylor, Thursday Island, Cape York, Horniman Museum, London Missionary Society, University of Cambridge, Murray Island, Anthropological Institute, History of Melanesian Society, The Building of British Social Anthropology, Meriam Mir, Michael Foster, Western Islanders, Henry Head, Cambridge Expedition, Fly River, New Hebrides, Cambridge Anthropology, Expedition Reports, British Association, British Journal of Psychology New!
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