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(1933-2019) Author. Sydel Silverman was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Sydel Silverman

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1933

BIRTH

Sydel Finfer was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 20, 1933.

1962

OTHER

Dr. Silverman taught at Queens College from 1962 to 1975.

1963

OTHER

Dr. Silverman received a doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University in 1963.

1975

OTHER

Dr. Silverman was executive officer of the doctoral program in anthropology at the City University of New York Graduate Center from 1975 to 1986.

1975

LITWORK

Three Bells of Civilization: The Life of an Italian Hill Town
Columbia University Press
0231038041 / 978-0231038041
Nonfiction.

1981

LITWORK

Totams and Teachers: Key Figures in the History of Anthropology
Columbia University Press
0231050860 / 978-0231050869
Nonfiction edited by Dr. Silverman.

1991

LITWORK

Inquiry and Debate in the Human Sciences: Contributions from Current Anthropology, 1960-1990
University of Chicago Press

Nonfiction.

2001

LITWORK

Pathways Of Power Building An Anthropology Of The Modern World
Berkeley: University of California Press
9780520924871
Nonfiction written by Eric R. Wolf and Dr. Silverman.

2002

LITWORK

The Beast on the Table: Conferencing With Anthropologists
AltaMira Press
0759102392 / 978-0759102392
Nonfiction.

2005

LITWORK

Complexities: Beyond Nature and Nurture
University of Chicago Press.
0226500233 / 978-0226500232
Nonfiction edited by Susan McKinnon and Dr. Silverman.

2019

DEATH

Sydel Silverman died in Manhattan, New York, on March 25, 2019.

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