Anthropology as Administrative Tool: the Use of Applied Anthropology by the War Relocation Authority
Description:
Beginning in the 1930's a debate emerged within the American Anthropological Association over applied versus pure research. With a few exceptions the members refused to endorse or support the attempt to introduce applied anthropology as a discipline recognized by the Association. This refusal resulted in the creation of a separate organization, the Society for Applied Anthropology, in 1941. In order to prove the validity of their discipline the members of the Society needed an opportunity. That…
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Date:
May 1982
Creator:
Minor, David