Biographical dictionary of social and cultural anthropology / edited by Vered Amit.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

This dictionary focuses on social and cultural anthropology. However, given the history of shared intellectual influences and concerns between sociocultural anthropology and sociolinguistics, figures from both fields have been included. The entries selected reflect the historical predominance of key centres of production in the United States and Britain, yet significant work of anthropologists working in the other hubs of scholarly production and in other languages are being highlighted. The work of anthropologists who have made a substantial contribution to the institutional development of the discipline has been examined. Essentially, the time frame used in this dictionary is from late nineteen to the early twenty-first century and provides a vital guide to the historical record of social and cultural anthropology.