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Museum of Anthropology of Xalapa
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ISBN: 9687153199 Year: 1992 Publisher: Veracruz : Studio Beatrice Truebold S.A.,

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From idols to antiquity
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ISBN: 1496203976 149620395X 9781496203953 9781496203977 9780803296893 0803296894 9781496203373 1496203372 Year: 2017 Publisher: Lincoln

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"From Idols to Antiquity explores the origins and tumultuous development of the National Museum of Mexico and the complicated histories of Mexican antiquities during the first half of the nineteenth century. Following independence from Spain, the National Museum of Mexico was founded in 1825 by presidential decree. Nationhood meant cultural as well as political independence, and the museum was expected to become a repository of national objects whose stories would provide the nation with an identity and teach its people to become citizens. Miruna Achim reconstructs the early years of the museum as an emerging object shaped by the logic and goals of historical actors who soon found themselves debating the origin of American civilizations, the nature of the American races, and the rightful ownership of antiquities. Achim also brings to life an array of fascinating characters--antiquarians, naturalists, artists, commercial agents, bureaucrats, diplomats, priests, customs officers, local guides, and academics on both sides of the Atlantic--who make visible the rifts and tensions intrinsic to the making of the Mexican nation and its cultural politics in the country's postcolonial era."--


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Transactions of the Anthropological Society of Washington.
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ISSN: 23289880 Year: 1882 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Anthropological Society of Washington,


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The Experience of Neoliberal Education

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"The college experience is increasingly positioned to demonstrate its value as a worthwhile return on investment. Specific, definable activities, such as research experience, first-year experience, and experiential learning, are marketed as delivering precise skill sets in the form of an individual educational package. Through ethnography-based analysis, the contributors to this volume explore how these commodified 'experiences' have turned students into consumers and given them the illusion that they are in control of their investment. They further reveal how the pressure to plan every move with a constant eye on a demonstrable return has supplanted traditional approaches to classroom education and profoundly altered the student experience"--


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Journal of the Royal anthropological institute of Great Britain and Ireland.
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ISSN: 23972556 03073114 Publisher: London : Royal anthropological institute of Great Britain and Ireland,

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This collection of digitized primary sources provides access to more than 150 years of the longest-established association dedicated to the furtherance of anthropology in its broadest sense. Accessible through the Wiley Digital Archives platform, the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland's unique collection of association files, manuscripts, and photos, documents the history of the association, as well as the services it provided to contemporary anthropology and anthropologists.

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