Describes the development of applied anthropology, what it is, and how applied anthropologists differ from other anthropologists. Gives numerous examples of how each subfield is represented in applied employment in the United States.

A collection of seventeen essays focusing on the issue of practising anthropology in one's own society.

First Published in 1980. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book presents a coherent view of the field of applied anthropology; it details such areas as specialization, applied research & cultures of policy.

DIVCultural history of anthropologists' involvement with U.S. intelligence agencies--as spies and informants--during World War II./div