Anthropological research expanded rapidly during the two decades between Morgan's death (1881) and Kroeber's Ph.D. (Boas' first) in 1901. The "Boasian Revolution" at the end of this period is marked by a growing trend towards more empirical research and increasing cultural relativism, which culminated in the "Boasian Revolution" at the beginning of the 20th century. Anthropology is also becoming institutionalized in museums, government bureaus and universities.
Tylor, Edward B. 1888. On a Method of Investigating the Development of Institutions. JRAI (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute) 18:245-269 (4 copies on reserve) reprinted 1961, pp. 1-26 in Readings in Cross-Cultural Methodology, ed. by Frank W. Moore. New Haven, CT: HRAF Press (CFAL: GN405 M65 1966 - on reserve)
Stocking, Chaps. 3,4,5 (pp. 42-109)
Schwerin, Karl H. (1984) The Institutionalization of American Anthropology. paper presented at the Annual Spring Meeting of the American Ethnological Society, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California, 18-22 April 1984 (to be distributed)
Tylor, Edward B. 1871. Primitive Culture. London: John Murray Chaps. 1, 2 (pp. 1-69) + pp. 70-73; Chap. 14 (first 4 pp.) reprinted 1958 in 2 vols. as The Origins of Culture, and Religion in Primitive Culture. New York: Harper Torchbooks (3 copies on reserve)
Hinsley, Curtis M., Jr. 1981. Toward an Anthropological Survey: (Chap. 6, pp. 145-182); Heroes and Homelessness: (Chap. 7, pp. 190-224) in Savages and Scientists. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution (3 copies on reserve)
Also of interest:
Dexter, Ralph W. 1966. Putnam's Problems Popularizing Anthropology. American Scientist 54(3):315-332 (Schwerin)
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