David Goodman Mandelbaum (August 22, 1911, in

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– April 19, 1987) was an American anthropologist. He majored in

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, studying with

Melville J. Herskovits Melville Jean Herskovits (September 10, 1895 – February 25, 1963) was an American anthropologist who helped to first establish African and African Diaspora studies in American academia. He is known for exploring the cultural continuity from Afr ...

. His major published work dealt with the Plains

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people of

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, Canada and he was well regarded for his study of society in India. He earned his doctorate at

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in 1936. He taught at

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(1941–1946),

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(1946–1978), and was an active professor emeritus at the latter until his death in 1987 from cancer.

Selected works

*''The Plains Cree: an Ethnographic, Historical, and Comparative study'', New York: American Museum of Natural History. (1940) reissued by AMS Press Inc., New York *--do.--Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, 1978 Based on the author's thesis, Yale, 1936. Part 1 was previously published in 1940 by the American Museum of Natural History. *"Alcohol and Culture", ''Current Anthropology''; Vol. 6, No. 3. Chicago (June 1965) The University of Chicago Press on behalf of Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
online
*''Society in India'', Berkeley (1972) University of California Press.

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External links

Guide to the David Goodman Mandelbaum Papers
at

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University of California: In Memoriam, 1987
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