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The Franz Boas enigma : Inuit, Arctic, and Sciences

Title
  1. The Franz Boas enigma : Inuit, Arctic, and Sciences / Ludger Müller-Wille ; foreword by Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt.
Published by
  1. Montréal : Baraka Books, 2014.
Author
  1. Müller-Wille, Ludger

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Description
  1. 186 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm
Subject
  1. Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
  2. Eskimo
  3. United States
  4. Disziplin
  5. Anthropologists > United States > Biography
  6. Arktis
  7. Ethnologie
  8. Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 > Knowledge > Arctic regions
  9. Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 > Knowledge > Inuit
  10. Anthropologists > Germany > Biography
  11. Feldforschung
Contents
  1. Machine generated contents note: 1. "... the elementary relationship between land and people ..." Geographical and Ethnological Paradigms -- 2. Early Geographical Studies, 1881-1883: Inuit Occupancy in the Arctic -- 3. Arctic Research and Publicity, 1883-1885: Articles in Germany and the United States -- 4. Life with Inuit and Whalers, 1883-1884: "I am now truly just like a typical Eskimo" -- 5. Pathways in Geography and Ethnology, 1884-1886: Inuit, Environment, and Beliefs -- 6. The American Period, September 1884 -- March 1885: Searching for Scientific Grounding and Responses -- 7. Return to Germany, March 1885 -- July 1886: Seeking and Testing Academic Pursuits in Geography -- 8. Baffin-Land -- Surveys and Inuit Place Names, 1885: Coping with Map Design and Language -- 9. Vagaries of Arctic Geography, 1886: Landscapes and Human Occupancy -- 10. Getting settled in the United States, 1886-1888: Ethnological and Geographical Writings -- 11. Inuit Tales and Lexicon, Arctic Ice and Climate, 1887-1894: Assessing Culture, Language, and Nature -- 12. Lasting Contributions by Franz Boas: Knowledge, Science, and Universality of Equality.
Call number
  1. JFD 15-2795
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Additional formats (note)
  1. Issued also in electronic formats.
Author
  1. Müller-Wille, Ludger, author.
Title
  1. The Franz Boas enigma : Inuit, Arctic, and Sciences / Ludger Müller-Wille ; foreword by Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt.
Publisher
  1. Montréal : Baraka Books, 2014.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Additional formats
  1. Issued also in electronic formats.
Other form:
  1. Müller-Wille, Ludger, 1944-, author. Franz Boas enigma. (CaOONL)20149000898
LCCN
  1. 2013456770
Other standard identifier
  1. 9781771860017
ISBN
  1. 9781771860017 (pbk.)
  2. 1771860014 (pbk.)
  3. 9781771860147 (epub)
  4. 1771860146 (epub)
  5. 9781771860154 (pdf)
  6. 1771860154 (pdf)
  7. 9781771860161 (mobi)
  8. 1771860162 (mobi)
Research call number
  1. JFD 15-2795
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