George Dearborn Spindler was a leading figure in 20th-century anthropology and regarded as the founder of the anthropology of education.[1][2] He edited a very large series of short monographs, turning nearly every significant ethnographic text of the 20th century into a shorter work accessible to the public and to anthropology students everywhere.[citation needed] He was one of the first to teach courses on the anthropology of American culture (culture of the United States).[citation needed] Nearly all of his publications and activities were in collaboration with his wife, Louise.[3][4]

Spindler was originally trained as a psychologist, but departed from traditional psychological methods to do participant-observation with the Menominee.[1]

He was at one time the editor of American Anthropologist.[5] He died on July 1, 2014, at the age of 94 (Turan, 2014[3])

References

  1. ^ a b Trueba, Enrique T. (2004). The new Americans. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-7425-2884-0.
  2. ^ McDermott, Ray (June 2008). "Reading George Spindler". Anthropology & Education Quarterly. Blackwell Publishing. 39 (2): 117–126. doi:10.1111/j.1548-1492.2008.00011.x.
  3. ^ a b Turan, Julia. "George Spindler, Stanford professor emeritus of anthropology and education, has died at 94". news.stanford.edu. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  4. ^ Spindler, George D. (October 2000). "The Four Careers of George and Louise Spindler: 1948-2000". Annual Review of Anthropology. 29 (1): xv–xxxviii. doi:10.1146/annurev.anthro.29.1.00. ISSN 0084-6570. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Special Publications of the AAA: A Brief History". Aaanet.org. 2011-07-27. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
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