Stewart Culin
Robert Stewart Culin was an American ethnographer and author interested in games, art and dress. Culin played a major role in the development of ethnography, first concentrating his efforts on studying the Asian-Americans workers in Philadelphia. His first published works were "The Practice of Medicine by the Chinese in America" and "China in America: A study in the social life of the Chinese in the eastern cities of the United States", both dated 1887. He believed that similarity in gaming demonstrated similarity and contact among cultures across the world.
Mancala, the National Game of Africa
"Mancala, the National Game of Africa" by Stewart Culin is a scholarly publication written in the late 19th century. The book serves as an anthropolog...
By Stewart Culin
China in America A study in the social life of the Chinese in the eastern cities of the United States
"China in America" by Stewart Culin is a scholarly examination of the social life of Chinese immigrants in Eastern cities of the United States, presen...
By Stewart Culin