George Dearborn Spindler was a leading figure in 20th century anthropology and regarded as the founder of the anthropology of education.[1][2] He edited a very large series of short monographs, turning nearly every significant ethnographic text of the 20th century into a shorter work accessible to the public and to anthropology students everywhere.[citation needed] He was one of the first to teach courses on the anthropology of American culture (culture of the United States).[citation needed] Nearly all of his publications and activities were in collaboration with his wife, Louise.[citation needed]
Spindler was originally trained as a psychologist, but departed from traditional psychological methods to do participant-observation with the Menominee.[1]
References
- ^ a b Trueba, Enrique T. (2004). The new Americans. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 119. ISBN 0742528847. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ozAti10L2lIC.
- ^ McDermott, Ray (June 2008). "Reading George Spindler". Anthropology & Education Quarterly (Blackwell Publishing) 39 (2): 117–126. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/aeq/2008/00000039/00000002/art00002?crawler=true. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
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