Anthropology Goes to the Fair

Nancy J. Parezo is a professor of American Indian studies and anthropology at the University of Arizona and the curator of ethnology at the Arizona State Museum. She is the editor of Hidden Scholars: Women Anthropologists and the Native American Southwest. Don D. Fowler is a professor of anthropology, emeritus, at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is the author of A Laboratory for Anthropology: Science and Romanticism in the American Southwest, 1846-1930.

"Fascinating details and readable style make this a compelling account of the US's last great, naive exposition of 19th-century empire building."—H. G. Kong, CHOICE "Anthropology Goes to the Fair is a major contribution to the history of racial thought and the history of anthropology."—John David Smith, North Carolina Historical Review "Nancy Parezo and Don Fowler's Anthropology Goes to the Fair provides a comprehensive contribution to the literature on the world fair phenomenon, focusing explicitly on the display of indigenous peoples at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. This fascinating and well-written work accomplishes a number of new things."—Mary Neuburger, Journal of American Ethnic History "[Anthropology Goes to the Fair] is a rollicking examination of what one might today regard as an insane enterprise. It affords valuable insight into the origins and early evolution of American anthropology, as well as an understanding of early twentieth-century social mores of the American people."—Bernard L. Fontana, Journal of Arizona History "Well organized and written. The authors have researched extensively in exposition company files, the papers of McGee and others with whom he worked (or quarreled), and the archives of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and other agencies connected with the exposition. A large body of secondary sources provides background and context. More than fifty illustrations add a visual dimension to the book."—John E. Findling, Journal of American History

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsSeries Editors' IntroductionPrologue: Setting the Stage for St. LouisChapter 1 Organizing the Louisiana Purchase ExpositionChapter 2 WJ McGee and the Science of ManChapter 3 Planning the Anthropology Department and Model Indian SchoolChapter 4 Assembling the "Races of Mankind"Chapter 5 Presenting Worthy IndiansChapter 6 The Model Indian SchoolChapter 7 The Philippine ReservationChapter 8 The Anthropology VillagesChapter 9 The Polyglot PikeChapter 10 Being a Living ExhibitChapter 11 In the Anthropology BuildingChapter 12 Anthropological PerformancesChapter 13 Celebrating the Fair and Going HomeChapter 14 The Experiences of an ExpositionEpilogue: Passing into History and Moving OnAppendix 1: McGee's Racial Classification SchemesAppendix 2: Native ParticipantsNotesReferences Index