"Grażyna Kubica has written a book significant in size and rich in material. . . . Written in a clear, convincing style, it engages the reader from the start. It will be of interest not only to cultural anthropologists but also to readers interested in the humanities and feminism. This book is an outstanding scholarly achievement."—Ewa Dzurak, Polish Review
"Where Kubica's book makes the most unique contribution is in its discussion of Czaplicka's Polish background–both her academic affiliation with the Polish Radical Intelligentsia in chapter 4 and more uniquely still, in the discussion of her literary outputs in chapter 6–both contexts offer a fresh perspective on the international and interdisciplinary nature of the emerging discipline of Anthropology and Kubica is perfectly placed to tease out the nuances of political, national, and academic influences that shaped this new science."—Jaanika Vider, Anthropos
“Grażyna Kubica examines Maria Czaplicka’s unfinished scientific legacy in this page-turner history of anthropology during wartime Britain. One review of Czaplicka’s account of her 1915 Siberian expedition proclaimed that she ‘could not be dull if she tried.’ Kubica offers a full and fitting tribute to Czaplicka’s indomitable spirit, her contributions to continuing debates, and the meaning of a truncated life in anthropology.”—Sally Cole, professor of sociology and anthropology at Concordia College and author of Ruth Landes: A Life in Anthropology
“Grażyna Kubica has provided us with an excellent study that combines a feminist social history with biographical research and directs our attention at an enigmatic figure standing at a critical juncture in the history of anthropology. In this lively and well-researched portrait of Czaplicka, an early transnational actor in the study of Siberia and beyond, Kubika has taken an important step toward providing an inclusive genealogy of our discipline.”—Peter Schweitzer, professor of social and cultural anthropology at the University of Vienna
