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    Anthropology: As a Science and as a Branch of University Education in the United States
    Anthropology: As a Science and as a Branch of University Education in the United States
    Anthropology: As a Science and as a Branch of University Education in the United States
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    Anthropology: As a Science and as a Branch of University Education in the United States

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      Anthropology - Daniel G. Brinton

      Daniel G. Brinton

      Anthropology

      As a Science and as a Branch of University Education in the United States

      EAN 8596547138235

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      ANTHROPOLOGY: AS A SCIENCE AND AS A BRANCH OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES.

      ANTHROPOLOGY, AS A SCIENCE, AND As a Branch of University Education.

      What Anthropology Is.

      The Value of Anthropology.

      Societies and Schools for the Study of Anthropology.

      Subdivisions of Anthropology.

      Means of Practical Instruction.

      General Scheme for Instruction in Anthropology.

      SYNOPSIS OF LECTURE COURSE.

      LABORATORY WORK.

      LIBRARY WORK.

      FIELD WORK.

      TEXT-BOOKS.

      ANTHROPOLOGY:

      AS A SCIENCE

      AND

      AS A BRANCH OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

      IN THE UNITED STATES.

      Table of Contents

      BY

      DANIEL G. BRINTON, A.M., M.D., LL.D.,

      PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN ARCHÆOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA,

      AND OF GENERAL ETHNOLOGY AT THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA;

      CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF WASHINGTON,

      NEW YORK, PARIS, BERLIN, ST. PETERSBURG,

      VIENNA, MUNICH, FLORENCE, ETC.

      PHILADELPHIA:

      1892.

      PREFATORY NOTE.

      Table of Contents

      This very brief presentation of the

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