Wilton S Dillon
Biographic Data
| ID | 106185 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wilton S Dillon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wilton S |
| FAMILY NAME | Dillon |
| SIGNATURE | DILLON W S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Smithsonian Institution |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1958 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gifts & Nations: The Obligation to Give, Receive and Repay
What can men in industrial nations learn from their "primitive" contemporaries, and the habits of earlier civilizations? This book by acclaimed cultural anthropologist Wilton S. Dillon suggests that modern political, religious, and scientific communities--and alliances--would be enhanced greatly if we understood how gift exchange and reciprocity helped to balance earlier institutions and societies.Using the example of the gift behavior of France …
The Statue of Liberty Revisited: Making a Universal Symbol
Journal Article The Statue of Liberty Revisited: Making a Universal Symbol. Ed. by Wilton S. Dillon and Neil G. Kotier. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994. xii, 172 pp. Paper, $17.95, ISBN 1-56098-252-7.) Get access Karal Ann Marling Karal Ann Marling University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 4, March 1995, Pa…
Margaret Mead and Government
Man and beast: Comparative Social Behavior
Ethnology: Une communauté rurale de l'Irlande. R obert C resswell . Preface by André Leroi‐Gourhan. Université de Paris, Travaux et Mémoires de l'Institut d'Ethnologie, 74
Gifts and Nations: The Obligation to Give, Receive and Repay
Africa Science Board, National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A
Science, one of the most universal and public of human systems to understand and control nature, has prompted a whole new area of international co-operation between African scientists and their colleagues in other countries. Such co-operation recognises the desires of African scientists to contribute to the advance of knowledge. It also recognises the desire of scientists abroad to take advantage of the rich opportunities for research in the vari…
Protein and Population in Africa
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Universities and Nation-building in Africa
This is an exploratory approach to the question of what universities have to do with nation-building in Africa, and to the more general question of how people learn to behave like nationals
Les Travailleurs algériens en France ("Algerian Workers in France"). Michel Andrée , Pierre Laroque
Man and beast: Comparative Social Behavior
Gifts and Nations: The Obligation to Give, Receive and Repay
Margaret Mead and Government
Protein and Population in Africa
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Universities and Nation-building in Africa
This is an exploratory approach to the question of what universities have to do with nation-building in Africa, and to the more general question of how people learn to behave like nationals
Les Travailleurs algériens en France ("Algerian Workers in France"). Michel Andrée , Pierre Laroque
Universities and Nation-building in Africa
This is an exploratory approach to the question of what universities have to do with nation-building in Africa, and to the more general question of how people learn to behave like nationals
Protein and Population in Africa
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Africa Science Board, National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A
Science, one of the most universal and public of human systems to understand and control nature, has prompted a whole new area of international co-operation between African scientists and their colleagues in other countries. Such co-operation recognises the desires of African scientists to contribute to the advance of knowledge. It also recognises the desire of scientists abroad to take advantage of the rich opportunities for research in the vari…
Gifts and Nations: The Obligation to Give, Receive and Repay
Ethnology: Une communauté rurale de l'Irlande. R obert C resswell . Preface by André Leroi‐Gourhan. Université de Paris, Travaux et Mémoires de l'Institut d'Ethnologie, 74
Man and beast: Comparative Social Behavior
Margaret Mead and Government
The Statue of Liberty Revisited: Making a Universal Symbol
Journal Article The Statue of Liberty Revisited: Making a Universal Symbol. Ed. by Wilton S. Dillon and Neil G. Kotier. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994. xii, 172 pp. Paper, $17.95, ISBN 1-56098-252-7.) Get access Karal Ann Marling Karal Ann Marling University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 4, March 1995, Pa…
Gifts & Nations: The Obligation to Give, Receive and Repay
What can men in industrial nations learn from their "primitive" contemporaries, and the habits of earlier civilizations? This book by acclaimed cultural anthropologist Wilton S. Dillon suggests that modern political, religious, and scientific communities--and alliances--would be enhanced greatly if we understood how gift exchange and reciprocity helped to balance earlier institutions and societies.Using the example of the gift behavior of France …
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