University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers Graduate School 1987 Eclectic approach to anthropological bibliography Richard Thomas Dunn The University of Montana Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Dunn, Richard Thomas, "Eclectic approach to anthropological bibliography" (1987). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 5512. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/5512 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. COPYRIGHT ACT OF 1976 Th is is an unpublished m a n u s c r ip t in w hich c o p yr ig h t s u b s is t s, A ny further r e p r in t in g of it s contents must be APPROVED BY THE AUTHOR, Ma n s f ie l d L ib r a r y Un iv e r s it y of Montana AN ECLECTIC APPROACH TO ANTHROPOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY By Richard Thomas Dunn B. A. Boston U niversity, 1963 M. A. L. S. Rosary College, 1972 Presented in partial fulfillm ent of the requirements of the degree of Master o f Arts UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA 1986 Approved by: Chairman, Board o f Examiners Deati, Graduate School Date UMI Number: EP40976 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Dissertation Publishing UMI EP40976 Published by ProQuest LLC (2014). Copyright in the Dissertation held by the Author. Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106 -1346 Dunn, Richard T., M.A., June 1987 Anthropology An E clectic Approach to Anthropological Bibliography D ire cto r: Frank B. Bessac Anthropology is an eclectic discipline. It covers everything related to humankind. This means th a t i t ranges through the arts, the sciences, and the social sciences. A corresponding scope should be found in the literature of these great bodies of knowledge. This thesis inquires into the validity of the selective pattern of anthropolgical information in an organized system of knowledge. Using the reference collection of the Mansfield Library at the University of Montana, each reference work is analyzed w ith the aim o f determining i f i t possesses viable and usable anthropological data. These data are finally put into the format of an annotated bibliography. It is perceived that anthropological or anthropologically-related material covered the entire subject range of the reference books. The contention is that relevant anthropological material is often composed of "shadow literature", relevant works residing in books covering other subjects. It is concluded that the subject spread of the bibliography indicates that anthropology is eclectic; that is, it borrows from its sister disciplines and that its knowledge is prevalent and infusive in an organized body of knowledge. The hope is voiced that the researcher or the student of anthropology might be made more aware of its all-encompassing nature by referring to the data in these pages. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I appreciate the help given to be by my thesis committee. Their comments, c r it ic a l, constructive, and encouraging, have made my work easier. Thanks also to the spirit of research that is found in the Mansfield Library. It has been established by past and present lib ra ria n s and has provided me with an atmosphere of quiet in q u iry. Thank you to my fellow anthropology students for your advice, humor, and more than occasional insights on the anthropological process. My gratitude to my family for all they have done for me, especially when my determination flagged. Finally, thank you to the spirit that resides inside and outside of us all and allows us to be creative humans. TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT i i ACKNOWLEDGMENTS i i i INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 1 METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER 1: SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION LIST .................................................... 11 CHAPTER I I : ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................... 20 CONCLUSION............................................................................................................... 199 BIBLIOGRAPHY ...................................................................................................... 205 iv 1 INTRODUCTION Anthropology is regarded as an eclectic academic discipline. It is composed of elements from different fields of knowledge. Other academic disciplines center on particular aspects of humanity but anthropology strives for the orderly elucidation of all facets of human behavior. This is accomplished through the anthropological sub-divisions of social anthropology, archaeology, linguistical anthropology, and physical anthropology. Anthropology is not only allied with other authoritative research endeavors, its scope of interests appears more inclusive as it extends to the physical sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Given the premise th a t anthropology is perceived as a universal discipline, it should logically follow that its literature should be equally pervasive. That is to say pertinent anthropological or anthropologically related data should be relatively integrated across the spectrum of organized knowledge since there are no chronological, geographical, or subject constraints to its inclusion in such know­ ledge. The purpose of this thesis is to determine if the cross- disciplinary characteristics of anthropology are reflected in an organized collection of printed material. The medium for this study is the reference collection of the Mansfield Library of the University of Montana and all of the reference sources within its confines. Every reference work has been examined for anthropological content. The ac­ cumulated data from these analyses were produced in the form o f an 2 annotated bibliography. Each title within the bibliography was determined to have contained anthropological data within its pages. These data served several uses. In the firs t place, they docu­ mented the extensiveness of anthropology in a defined collection of library materials. Secondly, they provided a different type of anthropological bibliography, one that departed from the standard bibliographies in that it was not restricted to the familiar sources that the user is accustomed to in such customary bibliographies. This was due to the eclecticism of the subject. Thirdly, the thesis has attempted to give many of the works entered an anthropological perspective, one in which it is supposed the original authors, editors, or compilers, in many instances, had not intended to impart to their works. Whether it was an increment from a book chapter, an anthropological interpretation of a title index, or the drawing of ethnological insights from ostensibly non-social science works, the purpose of this endeavor was to assiduously glean anthropological data or sources from these reference tools and present them in a manner in which it was hoped would send the user to the original source. Finally, and most hearteningly, the bibliography might prove to be of possible value to anthropologists, anthropology students, and persons having a general interest in the field. It is to be hoped that there lies something within its pages for all three types of users as well as others who might find reason for reference to its contents. As this thesis unfolded, some anomalies in library classification were encountered. Librarians have sought to point out that in the organization of knowledge by subject, an interconnectedness of 3 inform ation is essential fo r easy access to diverse lite ra tu re . Some classification schemes, such as the Bliss classification, appear to fu lfill this objective. But, because of historical, economic, and administrative reasons they are not utilized by most libraries (En­ cyclopedia of Library Information Science, 1969: 368, 379-80). Anthropologists and librarians have called attention to the fact that schemes lik e the Dewey Decimal system and the Library of Congress system are hard put to accommodate a wide-ranging d is c ip lin e lik e anthropology w ith in th e ir parameters (Amsden, 1978: 117; Rowe, 1963: 69-70). To take an example from a field related to anthropology, the Dewey numbers 131.3 (psychiatry, psychoanalysis) and 616.89 (psychiatric disorders) are widely separated in the classification listings and also on the book shelves although they have much in common from an anthropological, medical, psychiatric and psychological viewpoint. In concert with problems inherent in producing research tools to keep up with the burgeoning output of publications (Currier, 1976: 15), the imprecision of subject headings is particularly noticeable in an eclectic field like anthropology.