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History 293/Anthropology 375
Spring 2015
MWF 8:00-9:50 AM
Robert André LaFleur Office
Hours:
Morse Ingersoll 111 Monday
2:30-4:00
363-2005 Wednesday
2:30-4:00
lafleur@beloit.edu …or by
appointment
Required Books
Barzun, Jacques, Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers
Booth, Wayne, The Craft of Research (Third Edition)
Hamilton, Nigel. How to Do Biography (available online through the library)
Hexter, Jack. The History Primer
Peacock, James. The Anthropological Lens (available online through the library)
New York Review of Books
Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual (required in all history courses)
Travel Reading Packet (Available on GoogleBooksTM)
Verne, Jules. Around the World in Eighty Days (1873)
Hearn, Lafcadio, Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life (1907)
Ethnography Reading Packet (Distributed in class)
Frazer, Sir James George. The Golden Bough (1893)
Mauss, Marcel. Seasonal Variations Among the Eskimo (1904)
Boas, Franz. Tsimshian Mythology (1916)
Granet, Marcel. Festivals and Songs in Ancient China (1919)
Malinowski, Bronislaw. Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922)
Mead, Margaret. Coming of Age in Samoa (1928
Books By William Edgar Geil (Distributed in class)
Geil, William Edgar. The Isle That is Called Patmos (1896)
Geil, William Edgar. Ocean and Isle (1902)
Geil, William Edgar. A Yankee on the Yangtze (1904)
Geil, William Edgar. A Yankee in Pigmy Land (1905)
Geil, William Edgar. The Great Wall of China (1909)
Geil, William Edgar. Eighteen Capitals of China (1911)
Geil, William Edgar. Adventures in the African Jungle Hunting Pigmies (1917)
Geil, William Edgar. China’s Sacred 5 (1926)
Geil, William Edgar. Laodicea; or, the Great Sermon of the Stones (1897)
Geil, William Edgar. Practical Christianity, or, The Commandments Up-to-Date (1900)
Geil, William Edgar. Heaven: What, When, and Where? (1900)
Geil, William Edgar. The Men of Galilee (1906)
Geil, William Edgar. The Men on the Mount (1907)
Books About William Edgar Geil (available on DVD; handed out in class)
—, William Edgar Geil, The Missionary-Missioner (preface, William T. Stead (1910)
Wilson, Philip Whitwell. An Explorer of Changing Horizons: William Edgar Geil (1927)
Course Description
This course in historical methods and cultural analysis will examine in detail the life of William Edgar Geil (1865-1925). A native of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Geil was well known in and beyond the United States, and was a distinctive voice in fin de siècle (and, indeed, début du siècle) understandings of the world beyond the West. From the late nineteenth century on, he traveled extensively to Africa, New Guinea, and China, writing ten books throughout his career that introduced the customs and histories of various peoples.
Geil's last book, The Sacred 5 of China, is the only account in a Western language of China's five cardinal mountains. He died suddenly in 1925 on a trip to Italy, and his widow sought to extend his legacy with a commissioned biography. It had little influence; he died at almost precisely the "wrong" time—in a decade when academic ethnography was forming into a distinct genre, with its books written by trained fieldworkers eager to cut "amateurs" from their ranks. Geil was largely forgotten until his papers were discovered in 2008 in a barn near Doylestown.
The instructor has examined more than 10,000 documents from Geil's archive, and students will study digital copies of them in the course of their research during the term. By engaging the written record of the life of a world traveler (including his handwritten notebooks), we will study an author who became, in many ways, an "accidental ethnographer"—eclectic and evangelical to the end—who can teach us a great deal about historical research and the history of cultural anthropology.
Evaluation
Barzun, Jacques, Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers
Booth, Wayne, The Craft of Research (Third Edition)
Hamilton, Nigel. How to Do Biography (available online through the library)
Hexter, Jack. The History Primer
Peacock, James. The Anthropological Lens (available online through the library)
New York Review of Books
Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual (required in all history courses)
Travel Reading Packet (Available on GoogleBooksTM)
Verne, Jules. Around the World in Eighty Days (1873)
Hearn, Lafcadio, Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life (1907)
Ethnography Reading Packet (Distributed in class)
Frazer, Sir James George. The Golden Bough (1893)
Mauss, Marcel. Seasonal Variations Among the Eskimo (1904)
Boas, Franz. Tsimshian Mythology (1916)
Granet, Marcel. Festivals and Songs in Ancient China (1919)
Malinowski, Bronislaw. Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922)
Mead, Margaret. Coming of Age in Samoa (1928
Books By William Edgar Geil (Distributed in class)
Geil, William Edgar. The Isle That is Called Patmos (1896)
Geil, William Edgar. Ocean and Isle (1902)
Geil, William Edgar. A Yankee on the Yangtze (1904)
Geil, William Edgar. A Yankee in Pigmy Land (1905)
Geil, William Edgar. The Great Wall of China (1909)
Geil, William Edgar. Eighteen Capitals of China (1911)
Geil, William Edgar. Adventures in the African Jungle Hunting Pigmies (1917)
Geil, William Edgar. China’s Sacred 5 (1926)
Geil, William Edgar. Laodicea; or, the Great Sermon of the Stones (1897)
Geil, William Edgar. Practical Christianity, or, The Commandments Up-to-Date (1900)
Geil, William Edgar. Heaven: What, When, and Where? (1900)
Geil, William Edgar. The Men of Galilee (1906)
Geil, William Edgar. The Men on the Mount (1907)
Books About William Edgar Geil (available on DVD; handed out in class)
—, William Edgar Geil, The Missionary-Missioner (preface, William T. Stead (1910)
Wilson, Philip Whitwell. An Explorer of Changing Horizons: William Edgar Geil (1927)
Course Description
This course in historical methods and cultural analysis will examine in detail the life of William Edgar Geil (1865-1925). A native of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Geil was well known in and beyond the United States, and was a distinctive voice in fin de siècle (and, indeed, début du siècle) understandings of the world beyond the West. From the late nineteenth century on, he traveled extensively to Africa, New Guinea, and China, writing ten books throughout his career that introduced the customs and histories of various peoples.
Geil's last book, The Sacred 5 of China, is the only account in a Western language of China's five cardinal mountains. He died suddenly in 1925 on a trip to Italy, and his widow sought to extend his legacy with a commissioned biography. It had little influence; he died at almost precisely the "wrong" time—in a decade when academic ethnography was forming into a distinct genre, with its books written by trained fieldworkers eager to cut "amateurs" from their ranks. Geil was largely forgotten until his papers were discovered in 2008 in a barn near Doylestown.
The instructor has examined more than 10,000 documents from Geil's archive, and students will study digital copies of them in the course of their research during the term. By engaging the written record of the life of a world traveler (including his handwritten notebooks), we will study an author who became, in many ways, an "accidental ethnographer"—eclectic and evangelical to the end—who can teach us a great deal about historical research and the history of cultural anthropology.
Evaluation
Quizzes........................................15%
The Accidental Ethnographer
HIST 293/ANTH 375
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Week IX
(March 16-20)
Monday 3/16 (note "reverse order" this week)
Doylestown Historical Society Online Archive
Explore the site for one hour. Spend the
second hour making a list of a dozen things you noticed (including at
least five specific source references with item numbers from the DHS
collection). Write a one paragraph e-mail to the instructor. Due by 10:00 a.m. on Monday 3/16.Wednesday 3/18
Peacock, The Anthropological Lens
Substance
Method
Significance
Cultural Analysis in the Early Twentieth Century (selections)
Frazer, The Golden Bough (1893)
Mauss, Seasonal Variations Among the Eskimo (1904)
Boas, Kwakiutl Ethnography (1916)
Granet, Festivals and Songs in Ancient China (1922)
Malinowski, Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922)
Mead, Coming of Age in Samoa (1928)
Friday 3/20
Work on your papers
Week X
(March 23-27)
Monday 3/23Round and Square—See Separate RSQ Syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate NYRB syllabus
Geil, Ocean and Isle The Author's World-Wide Tour of Observation
The Land of Golden Rain
This Planet 100 Years Ago
The Navigator Islands
Nina Foov
Fiji, or the Land of Butterflies
The Tongan Archipelago
A Glimpse of the Maori Race
The Great Sydney Revival
Thursday and Friday Islands
The Monster Island of New Guinea
The Murder of Clode
Manila, The Friars, and the Devil
A Conspiracy of Circumstances
The Great Melbourne Revival, No. 1
The Great Melbourne Revival, No. 2
"Spots" in the Melbourne Town Hall
Wednesday 3/25
Hamilton, How to Do Biography: A Primer, 1-62
The Task of Biography
What Is Your Agenda
Defining Your Audience
Hexter, The History Primer, 110-148
Galloping Gertie and the Insurance Companies, or Analysis and Story in History
Friday 3/27
Hamilton, How to Do Biography: A Primer, 63-116
Researching Your Subject
The Shape of a Life
Hexter, The History Primer, 149-174
The Pennant Race and the Baseball Season, or Historical Story and Narrative...
Week XI
(March 30-April 3)
Monday 3/30Round and Square—See Separate RSQ Syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate NYRB syllabus
Geil, A Yankee on the Yangtze
To the Yellow from the Blue
The Midnight Start
Nanking to Hankow
The King RIver
Through the Great Yangtze Gorge
The Wealth and Industries of the Szechuen
Chinese Capable of Hurrying
Missionary Needs
Drought and Native Superstitions
A Royal Welcome
A Mandarin's View of Copper Mining
Fighting a Famine
Tongchuan Street Scenes
How to Travel
Chinese Interpreters
Telegraphs in Yunnan
Talifu
The Effects of Opium
A Weird Procession
Chinese Faith in Foreign Medicine
Shan Villages
Myothit
The End of a Journey
Wednesday 4/1
Hamilton, How to Do Biography: A Primer, 119-173
The Starting Point
Birthing Your Subject
Childhood and Youth
Hexter, The History Primer, 175-197
The Last Game, or Processive Explanation in History
Friday 4/3
Doylestown Historical Society Online Archive
Explore the site for one hour. Spend the second hour making a list of a dozen things you noticed (including at least five specific source references with item numbers from the DHS collection). Write a one paragraph e-mail to the instructor. Due by 10:00 a.m. on Friday 4/3.
Week XII
(April 6-10)
Monday 4/6Round and Square—See Separate RSQ Syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate NYRB syllabus
Geil, A Yankee in Pigmy Land
Bombay to Mombasa
The Isle of War
Up the Country
In the Dabida Mountains
The Last Stage to Victoria Nyanza
The English Capital and the Native Capital
Alfred R. Tucker, Bishop of Uganda
Bids-Eye View of the Present Religious Situation in the Protectorate of Uganda
To the Mountains of the Moon
The Journey of Albert Edward Nyanza
Across the Semliki Valley; The Edge of the Great Forest
The Pigmy Forest
A Canoe Ride on the Ituri
The Second Stage in the Great Forest
Not Out of the Woods Yet
The Little Burn Faces
How to Travel in Tropical Africa
Down the Aruwimi in a Hollow Log
Basoko: Village of the Milk-White-Battlements
Stanleyville and Stanley Falls
A Thousand Miles on the Congo
Leo-on-the-Pool and Sleep Sickness
The Crystal Cataracts
Boma, Banana, and a Birds-Eye View
Wednesday 4/8
Hamilton, How to Do Biography: A Primer, 174-237
Love Stories
Life's Work
The Twilight Years
Hexter, The History Primer, 198-224
Aristocratic Education and Beneficial Leases, or Beyond Explanation Why...
Friday 4/10
Doylestown Historical Society Online Archive
Explore the site for one hour. Spend the second hour making a list of a dozen things you noticed (including at least five specific source references with item numbers from the DHS collection). Write a one paragraph e-mail to the instructor. Due by 10:00 a.m. on Friday 4/10.
Week XIII
(April 13-17)
Monday 4/13Round and Square—See Separate RSQ Syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate NYRB syllabus
Geil, The Great Wall of China
Merely Preliminary
The Thrilling Prospect
The Tragedy of Chingwangtao
The Only First
From the Sea to the Eastern Y
The Ancient Architectural Wave
From the Thirteen Tombs to China's Sorrow
The Defense of the Great Wall
The Loess or River Loop
The Rise of Chin
Letters from Ninghia
Genghis Khan, the Red Raider
The Desert Loop: Kansu
Chin Shih Hwangti: The First Universal Emperor of China
The Mound of Chin
The Why of the Wall
The "9 by 3" City: Liangchow
Yung Lo, who Moved the Urns of the Empire
The Southern Loop of the Great Wall
China Before the Great Wall
The Three Chins
Medieval China: Since Chin's Great Wall to the Present Dynasty
The Tibetan Loop of the Great Wall
The Chin Tablet: "One of the Most Remarkable Relics of Antiquity"
In the Panhandle of China: Kanchow
The Panhandle of China: The City of Su
The End of the Great Wall
Wednesday 4/5
Hamilton, How to Do Biography: A Primer, 238-293
Ending Your Story
Autobiography and Memoirs
Hexter, The History Primer, 225-247
Footnotes, Quotations, Name Lists, and Hypothetical Subjunctives, or the...
Friday 4/17
Doylestown Historical Society Online Archive
Explore the site for one hour. Spend the second hour making a list of a dozen things you noticed (including at least five specific source references with item numbers from the DHS collection). Write a one paragraph e-mail to the instructor. Due by 10:00 a.m. on Friday 4/17.
Week XIV
(April 20-24)
Monday 4/20Round and Square—See Separate RSQ Syllabus
New York Review of Books See separate NYRB syllabus
Geil, The Eighteen Capitals of China
Hangchow
Foochow
Canton
Kweilin
Kweiyang
Yunnanfu
Soochow
Nanking
Wuchang
Changsha
Chengtu
Lanchow
Sian
Kaifeng
Taiyuanfu
Tsinan
Peking: Capital of Capitals
Friday 4/24
Leads Handout
Read the "leads" handout (handed out on Monday 4/20) and write a paragraph e-mail reflecting on how the various "leads" work. Due by 10:00 a.m. on Friday 4/24.
Week XV
(April 27-May 1)
Monday 4/27"Leads" discussion in class (readings sent by e-mail)
Week XVI
(May 4-6)
Rewriting Assignment (don't forget)
Monday 5/4 and Wednesday 5/6
(the last minute of finals). Please send as a .pdf file to lafleur@beloit.edu
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