New Britain Diary, 1954: An Anthropologist's Journal - Tapa blanda

An excellent glimpse into what anthropology was like in the not too-far distant past, Daris Swindler's six-month daily journal, written while on expedition to Melanesia from the University of Pennsylvania with Dr. Ward Goodenough and Dr. Ann Chowning fifty-three years ago, is human and captivating and shows us yet another time that is gone forever. Generously illustrated with photos from the trip the account takes us through unexpected adventures and routine data collection, all with a touch that is accessible and entertaining, and introduces us to a generous, independent people living in a natural setting and learning to adapt to modern life. A great book for budding anthropologists, seasoned scholars and armchair travelers alike, and a valuable text to accompany college-level courses.

Daris R. Swindler is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Washington, Seattle. His major research has been in primate anatomy and dental development, comparative dental morphology of living and fossil primates, and Pacific studies resulting in eight written or edited eight books or monographs, including A Racial Study of the West Nakani (1962); the classic An Atlas of Primate Gross Anatomy: Baboon, Chimpanzee, and Man with C.D. Wood (1973); Introduction to the Primates (1998); Primate Dentition: An Introduction to the Teeth of Non-Human Primates, Cambridge Press (2002.) He has been a Fellow of Sigma Xi since 1961 and was a Humboldt U.S. Senior Scientist in Anthropology 1982-83.