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The Franz Boas enigma : Inuit, Arctic, and Sciences
- Title
- The Franz Boas enigma : Inuit, Arctic, and Sciences / Ludger Müller-Wille ; foreword by Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt.
- Author
- Müller-Wille, Ludger
- Publication
- Montréal : Baraka Books, 2014.
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Details
- Description
- 186 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic formats.
- Contents
- 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
- JFD 15-2795
- ISBN
- 9781771860017 (pbk.)
- 1771860014 (pbk.)
- 9781771860147 (epub)
- 1771860146 (epub)
- 9781771860154 (pdf)
- 1771860154 (pdf)
- 9781771860161 (mobi)
- 1771860162 (mobi)
- LCCN
- 2013456770
- 9781771860017
- OCLC
- 869038836
- Author
- Müller-Wille, Ludger, author.
- Title
- The Franz Boas enigma : Inuit, Arctic, and Sciences / Ludger Müller-Wille ; foreword by Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt.
- Publisher
- Montréal : Baraka Books, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Additional Formats
- Issued also in electronic formats.
- Other Form:
- Müller-Wille, Ludger, 1944-, author. Franz Boas enigma. (CaOONL)20149000898
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9781771860017
- Research Call Number
- JFD 15-2795