Anthropology at the University of Michigan in the Late 1950s

From: Human Biology | Date: August 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Reminiscences

Abstract By 1958, the Anthropology Department at the University of Michigan had emerged as a major center in the discipline. Its excellence derived from a strong faculty, commitment to an integrated view of the field, and broader support from a rising national tide of scholarship. While many new intellectual currents developed, among the strongest was biological-behavioral theory-somewhat ironically flourishing in a biological anthropology program that viewed itself as a nexus of population genetics. The biological anthropology faculty thought like anthropologists. From this ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Venture-capital recipients.(in SE Michigan (mostly Ann Arbor))(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
; ...receiving venture capital in 2nd quarter BioSampleX Inc., Ann Arbor $500,000 Nepohros Therpeutics Inc., Ann Arbor $200,000 Dynamis Solutions Inc., Southfield $3.2 million Montronix Inc., Ann Arbor $150,000 HandyLab Inc., Ann Arbor $900,000 eRegister...
Ann Arbor attracting satellite offices of Detroit law firms.(Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer and Weiss opens office in Ann Arbor, Michigan)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
; ...Raitt, Heuer & Weiss P.C. opened an Ann Arbor office in January, it joined a half-dozen...community. Jaffe, Raitt established its Ann Arbor office downtown at 301 E. Liberty with...plc and now based in Miller, Canfield's Ann Arbor office. In the mid-1980s, an eight-lawyer...
Air-tight job market caps expansion in Ann Arbor.(Brief Article)
; ...S. cities understand this better than Ann Arbor. The city's air-tight labor market, which...said Woody Holman, president of the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce. Washtenaw County...translated into labor shortages for most Ann Arbor businesses at all skill levels, from...
Finding art, action and a little magic in Ann Arbor.(Going Places)
; ...Correspondent Walking along the street in Ann Arbor, Mich., on a recent getaway, I glanced...about Midwestern towns being dull - not Ann Arbor. As a university town - home of the University...who lives nearby, to help me find out. Ann Arbor offers everything from the funky to the...
Pfizer looks past $300M A. Arbor plan.(Pfizer Global Research and Development Ann Arbor Division)
; Pfizer Global Research and Development Ann Arbor Laboratories, in the midst of a monumental $300 million...Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) said during a recent speech in Ann Arbor. But unless Ann Arbor finds room to add buildings and laboratories that...
NONPROFIT PLANNING CENTER FOR ANN ARBOR TECH FIRMS.(Brief Article)
; Ann Arbor's 400 or so small information-technology...library and career center developed by the Ann Arbor IT Zone Inc., a recently incorporated...University of Michigan employees and three Ann Arbor technology entrepreneurs: Louis Belcher...
Working on the railroad; It's the last mile that's the sticking point for Ann Arbor proposal.(Focus)
; ...traffic congestion on U.S. 23 north of Ann Arbor faces a snag of its own because...The project, the brainchild of Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje, initially would ferry commuters on a line between Ann Arbor and a large park-and-ride lot on...
MICHIGAN'S HIGH-TECH HOPE: Ann Arbor's economy shines: City adds jobs, businesses despite bleak state outlook.
; ...Janet Renteria, moved from Culver City to Ann Arbor a year ago for a promotion with Xoran...to the state's high unemployment rate, Ann Arbor stands out in attracting companies and...latest push for growth comes as leaders in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County and U-M combine efforts...
Ann Arbor community mourns death of Abdulla Nasser
; DEARBORN - One of Ann Arbor's most beloved Muslim leaders, Abdulla Nasser...pivotal member in the Islamic Center of Ann Arbor. He served as president of the Muslim Community Association of Ann Arbor. He coordinated mosque events, counseled...
In death, her fire for life burns on: Ann Arbor honors firefighter who lived lovingly, served proudly.
; Byline: Maryanne George Jan. 18--An Ann Arbor firefighter hit by a truck while aiding...during a Jan. 7 ice storm along I-94 in Ann Arbor. She was the first female firefighter...the second firefighter killed in the Ann Arbor department's history. The accident remains...