Background
Wagley, Charles Walter was born on November 9, 1913 in Clarksville, Texas, United States. Son of Walter Clarence and Sally (Ridling) Wagley.
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This Anthropologist's Study, Based On Extensive Field Work, Examines The Life And Ways Of A Small Town In The Amazon Valley Of Brazil. While The Pseudonym Ita Is Used In The Text, The Actual Site Was Gurupa.
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Now considered a classic, this informal, humanistic, and very readable account of the aboriginal Tapirape Indians who live in the Amazonian basin enlarges our knowledge of the diversity of life in an increasingly homogenized world. Wagley's story of the people of this small community who have developed unique and imaginative methods for coping with universal problems (e.g., human reproduction; understanding the real and imaginary forces of the universe; human well-being) raises questions about Western economic expansionism and anthropological responsibility to Third World peoples.
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Amazon Town - A Study Of Man In The Tropics - First Edition Mass Market Paperback 1964 somewhat dated Charles Wagley (Author)
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Wagley, Charles Walter was born on November 9, 1913 in Clarksville, Texas, United States. Son of Walter Clarence and Sally (Ridling) Wagley.
AB, Columbia University, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1941. Doctor honoris cause, University de Bahia, Brazil, 1962.
Doctor of Laws, Notre Dame University, 1964.
Instructor, Columbia University, 1940-1941;
assistant professor anthropology, Columbia University, 1946-1949;
associate professor, Columbia University, 1949-1953;
professor, Columbia University, 1953-1971;
Franz Boas professor anthropology, Columbia University, 1965-1971;
Executive officer department anthropology, Columbia University, 1954-1959;
director, Institute Latin American Studies, 1961-1969;
graduate research professor, U. Florida, 1971-1991. Fellow Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanfor, 1957-1958;director Bahia State-Columbia University Research Program, 1950-1953. Visiting lecturer, curator Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 1941-1942.
Field party to Brazil, Institute Inter-American Affairs, Division Health and Sanitation United States Government, 1942-1946. Staff Guggenheim Foundation, 1946-1947, Social Science Research Council, 1947-1948, Staff Foundation, 1946-1947, Social Science Research Council, 1947-1948. Staff United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Hylean Amazon Survey, 1948.
Advisory Ministry Education, Brazil, 1953.
(Now considered a classic, this informal, humanistic, and ...)
(This Anthropologist's Study, Based On Extensive Field Wor...)
(Amazon Town - A Study Of Man In The Tropics - First Editi...)
(all about Brazil)
Fellow American Anthropological Association (president 1970-1971), American Ethnological Society (director 1949-1952). Member American Philosophical Society, Council Foreign Relations, American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Cecilia Roxo, September 12, 1941. Children: Isabel Anne, Carlos (deceased).