David G. Mandelbaum

David Goodman Mandelbaum (August 22, 1911, Chicago - April 19, 1987) was an American anthropologist.

He majored in anthropology at Northwestern University, studying with Melville J. Herskovits. His major published work dealt with the Plains Cree people of Saskatchewan, Canada and he was well regarded for his study of society in India.

He taught at University of Minnesota (1941-1946), University of California (1946-1978), and was an active professor emeritus at the latter until his death in 1987.

Literary works

• The Plains Cree: an Ethnographic, Historical, and Comparative study, New York (1940) Ams Pr Inc. ISBN 978-0404156268
• 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. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2739922
• Society in India, Berkley (1972) University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520018952

See also

Fine-Day - his principal informant on "The Plains Cree"

External links

• Guide to the David Goodman Mandelbaum Papers at The Bancroft Library
• University of California: In Memoriam, 1987