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Wallace in the Field: Ethnographic Expeditions and the Rise of Anthropology

Wallace in the Field: Ethnographic Expeditions and the Rise of Anthropology

Limeira-Dasilva, Victor Rafael

Hardcover

Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century

AnthropologySports GeneralSouth American History

ISBN10: 0822948842
ISBN13: 9780822948841
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: Jul 21 2026
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A man of many talents--naturalist, geographer, anthropologist, and political commentator--Alfred Russel Wallace made seminal contributions to science in the nineteenth century. With Wallace in the Field, Victor Rafael Limeira-DaSilva unpacks the early life of one of the most beloved and famous Victorian scientific figures. Focusing on Wallace's significant contribution to the emergence of anthropology, Limeira-DaSilva traces the peripatetic trajectory of Wallace's field work, from his humble beginnings in the suburbs of London to his travels through the Brazilian Amazon and Asia. Challenging traditional portrayals that cast Wallace as Darwin's sidekick or a casual ethnographer, the book demonstrates how he built a deliberate and ambitious career as a field observer of human diversity. It offers a fresh perspective on the intersections between ethnographic encounters, racial science, and knowledge production, revealing how Wallace's pursuit of recognition helped redefine the standards of scientific authority in British anthropology.

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