Anthropology 3301E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: G.I. Bill, Nazism, Unequal Exchange
27 Mar 2017
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Thursday, january 5, 2017 anthro3301 second semester lecture 13 notes. Interested in power, state, inequality and justice. Spent rst decade of life in vienna, austria. In 30s hitler was in uencing establishing a presence in austria. In 1933 wolfe moved with his family to western borderlines of czech republic/german border area. 5 years later sent to school in england when nazis invaded austria. He was seen as an outsider, enemy. Immigrated to us in 1940, summer of 1941 in tennessee. It showed him that even in powerful country there was a lot of inequality. Anthro degree queens college in 1946, then columbia u phd in 1951. G. i. bill of rights war veterans getting free tuition. He thought studying anthro would help understand inequality. A group of other war veterans at columbia u. Most from lower class or middle class. They development a study group called mundial upheaval society, puerto rico.
