Participant Observers: Anthropology, Colonial Development, and the Reinvention of Society in Britain

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Dr. Freddy Foks

Participant Observers

Anthropology, Colonial Development, and the Reinvention of Society in Britain

Dr. Freddy Foks

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English

University of California Press
14 February 2023

British & Irish history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Archaeology; Anthropology; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies

Social anthropology was at the forefront of debates about culture, society, and economic development in the British Empire. This book explores the discipline's rise in the interwar period, crisis amid decolonization, and ironic reemergence in the postwar metropole. Across the humanities and social sciences, activists and scholars used anthropological concepts forged in empire to rethink British society at midcentury. Participant Observers shows how colonial anthropology helped define the social imagination of postimperial Britain. Part institutional history of the discipline's formation, part cultural history of its impact, this is the first account of social anthropology's pivotal role in Britain's intellectual culture.

By: Dr. Freddy Foks
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Volume: 22
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780520390331
ISBN 10: 0520390334
Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 14 February 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Freddy Foks is Simon Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. He is a historian of modern Britain and its empire.

Reviews for Participant Observers: Anthropology, Colonial Development, and the Reinvention of Society in Britain

“Fascinating and very readable.” * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute * ""Foks has produced an important work that refocuses our understanding of social anthropology during this fundamentally important period in world history."" * H-Net Reviews * ""This is a sophisticated and polished work, one that displays Foks’ owndeeply impressive expertise on the inner workings of texts, scholars, and institutions."" * Journal of British Studies * ""Recommended."" * CHOICE *