John Reed Swanton, 1873-1958: A Biographical Memoir

Title: John Reed Swanton, 1873-1958: A Biographical Memoir
Creator: Julian Haynes Steward See all items with this value
Date: 1960
Bibliographic Citation: Steward, Julian Haynes. 1960. John Reed Swanton, 1873-1958: A Biographical Memoir. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
annotates: Provides context on Swanton's early ethnographic work with Choctaws. Steward and Swanton were colleagues at the Bureau of American Ethnology. About eight pages of biography, and ten of an ostensibly complete bibliography of Swanton’s works. Discusses Swanton’s upbringing, his religious beliefs, and the philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of his approach to science and to ethnography, as well as his legacy in the field of anthropology.
Subject: Chahta (Choctaw) See all items with this value; Biography See all items with this value; Contextual See all items with this value
Temporal Coverage: Postcontact See all items with this value; 19th Century See all items with this value; 20th Century See all items with this value