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. 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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Guide to the David Goodman Mandelbaum Papers
at The Bancroft Library
University of California: In Memoriam, 1987
1911 births 1987 deaths Deaths from cancer in California Northwestern University alumni University of California, Berkeley College of Letters and Science faculty University of Minnesota faculty Yale University alumni 20th-century American anthropologists {{US-academic-scientist-stub

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