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Before Boas : the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment
- Title
- Before Boas : the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment / Han F. Vermeulen.
- Author
- Vermeulen, Han F., 1952-
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]
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Details
- Description
- xxiii, 718 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "An extensive study of the emergence of ethnology and ethnography, and how theories in Europe and Russia during the eighteenth century experienced a paradigm shift with the work of Franz Boas starting in 1886"--
- Series Statement
- Critical studies in the history of anthropology
- Uniform Title
- Critical studies in the history of anthropology.
- Alternative Title
- Genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment
- Ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment
- Subjects
- Anthropology
- Germany
- Europe
- HISTORY / World
- Ethnology > Germany > History > 18th century
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Ethnology > Europe > History
- Ethnology > Philosophy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
- Ethnology > Russia > History
- Russia
- 1700 - 1799
- Intellectual life
- Enlightenment > Germany
- Anthropology > Germany > History > 18th century
- History
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
- Germany > Intellectual life > 18th century
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 > Influence
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-688) and index.
- Contents
- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Series editors' introduction -- 1. History and theory of anthropology and ethnology : introduction -- 2. Theory and practice : G.W. Leibniz and the advancement of science in Russia -- 3. Enlightenment and pietism : D.G. Messerschmidt and the early exploration of Siberia -- 4. Ethnography and empire : G.F. Müller and the description of Siberian peoples -- 5. Anthropology and the Orient : C. Niebuhr and the Danish-German Arabia Expedition -- 6. From the field to the study : A.L. Schlözer and the Invention of ethnology -- 7. Anthropology in the German Enlightenment : plural approaches to human diversity -- 8. Epilogue: Reception of the German ethnographic tradition.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-5138
- ISBN
- 9780803255425
- 080325542X
- 9780803277380 (epub) (canceled/invalid)
- 9780803277397 (mobi) (canceled/invalid)
- 9780803277403 (pdf) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015012611
- OCLC
- 894747582
- Author
- Vermeulen, Han F., 1952- author.
- Title
- Before Boas : the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment / Han F. Vermeulen.
- Publisher
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Critical studies in the history of anthropologyCritical studies in the history of anthropology.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-688) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1700 - 1799
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-5138