Thomas C. Patterson Professor and Chair of Anthropology,University of California at Riverside

'Tom Patterson has written a trail-blazing social and institutional history of American anthropology. He has demonstrated not only the impact that American Society has had on anthropology but also the significant impact that anthropology has had on American society. His book is a powerful wake-up call for American anthropologists to stop playing second-fiddle to cultural studies and resume their multifaceted dialogue with the American people.'Bruce Trigger, McGill University'Patterson has given us a fine and politically informed history of American Anthropology that engages the big issues of American history. Why are some research questions important to US scholars and others are not? How have the nation's ideological and social projects shaped anthropologists' scholarly agendas? And, conversely, how have anthropologists across the political spectrum helped shape intellectual and political debates of national importance? Patterson's thoughtful and concise answers to these q

• Preface, Introduction, 1. Anthropology in the New Republic 1776–1879, 2. Anthropology in the Liberal Age 1879–1929, 3. Anthropology and the Search for Social Order 1929–1945, 4. Anthropology in the Postwar Era 1945–1973, 5. Anthropology in the Neoliberal Era 1974–2000, Bibliography, Index

Thomas C. Patterson Professor and Chair of Anthropology,University of California at Riverside

'Tom Patterson has written a trail-blazing social and institutional history of American anthropology. He has demonstrated not only the impact that American Society has had on anthropology but also the significant impact that anthropology has had on American society. His book is a powerful wake-up call for American anthropologists to stop playing second-fiddle to cultural studies and resume their multifaceted dialogue with the American people.'Bruce Trigger, McGill University'Patterson has given us a fine and politically informed history of American Anthropology that engages the big issues of American history. Why are some research questions important to US scholars and others are not? How have the nation's ideological and social projects shaped anthropologists' scholarly agendas? And, conversely, how have anthropologists across the political spectrum helped shape intellectual and political debates of national importance? Patterson's thoughtful and concise answers to these q

• Preface, Introduction, 1. Anthropology in the New Republic 1776–1879, 2. Anthropology in the Liberal Age 1879–1929, 3. Anthropology and the Search for Social Order 1929–1945, 4. Anthropology in the Postwar Era 1945–1973, 5. Anthropology in the Neoliberal Era 1974–2000, Bibliography, Index

Thomas C. Patterson Professor and Chair of Anthropology,University of California at Riverside

'Tom Patterson has written a trail-blazing social and institutional history of American anthropology. He has demonstrated not only the impact that American Society has had on anthropology but also the significant impact that anthropology has had on American society. His book is a powerful wake-up call for American anthropologists to stop playing second-fiddle to cultural studies and resume their multifaceted dialogue with the American people.'Bruce Trigger, McGill University'Patterson has given us a fine and politically informed history of American Anthropology that engages the big issues of American history. Why are some research questions important to US scholars and others are not? How have the nation's ideological and social projects shaped anthropologists' scholarly agendas? And, conversely, how have anthropologists across the political spectrum helped shape intellectual and political debates of national importance? Patterson's thoughtful and concise answers to these q

• Preface, Introduction, 1. Anthropology in the New Republic 1776–1879, 2. Anthropology in the Liberal Age 1879–1929, 3. Anthropology and the Search for Social Order 1929–1945, 4. Anthropology in the Postwar Era 1945–1973, 5. Anthropology in the Neoliberal Era 1974–2000, Bibliography, Index