Author: Franz Boas
Publisher: Brousson Press
ISBN: 9781473310797
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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This early work by Franz Boas was originally published in 1888 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Central Eskimo' was his first monograph and details his time spent on Baffin Island studying the Inuit people. Franz Boas was born on July 9th 1958, in Minden, Westphalia. Even though Boas had a passion the natural sciences, he enrolled at the University at Kiel as an undergraduate in Physics. Boas completed his degree with a dissertation on the optical properties of water, before continuing his studies and receiving his doctorate in 1881. Boas became a professor of Anthropology at Columbia University in 1899 and founded the first Ph.D program in anthropology in America. He was also a leading figure in the creation of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). Franz Boas had a long career and a great impact on many areas of study. He died on 21st December 1942.
Author: DR. FRANZ BOAS
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Author: Franz Boas
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752335866
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Reproduction of the original: The Central Eskimo by Franz Boas
Author: Franz Boas
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8027245907
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The following account of the Central Eskimo contains chiefly the results of the author's own observations and collections made during a journey to Cumberland Sound and Davis Strait, supplemented by extracts from the reports of other travelers. The Eskimo are the indigenous peoples who have traditionally inhabited the northern circumpolar region from eastern Siberia (Russia), across Alaska (United States), Canada, and Greenland.
Author: Therkel Mathiassen
Publisher: Copenhagen : Gyldendal
ISBN:
Category : Eskimos
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Author: Therkel Mathiassen
Publisher:
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Category : Eskimos
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Author: Julia P. Averkieva
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774844590
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 233
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Author: Steven A. Jacobson
Publisher: Utopia
ISBN: 9781555000622
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Ludger Muller-Wille
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487513291
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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In the summer of 1883, Franz Boas, widely regarded as one of the fathers of Inuit anthropology, sailed from Germany to Baffin Island to spend a year among the Inuit of Cumberland Sound. This was his introduction to the Arctic and to anthropological fieldwork. This book presents, for the first time, his letters and journal entries from the year that he spent among the Inuit, providing not only an insightful background to his numerous scientific articles about Inuit culture, but a comprehensive and engaging narrative as well. Using a Scottish whaling station as his base, Boas travelled widely with the Inuit, learning their language, living in their tents and snow houses, sharing their food, and experiencing their joys and sorrows. At the same time he was taking detailed notes and surveying and mapping the landscape and coastline. Ludger Müller-Wille has transcribed his journals and his letters to his parents and fiancé and woven these texts into a sequential narrative. The result is a fascinating study of one of the earliest and most successful examples of participatory observation among the Inuit. Originally published in German in 1994, the text has been translated into English by William Barr, who has also published translations of other important works on the history of the Arctic. Illustrated with some of Boas's own photos and with maps of his field area, Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884 is a valuable addition to the historical and anthropological literature on southern Baffin Island.
Author: Asen Balikci
Publisher: Waveland Press
ISBN: 1478607912
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 309
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Today regarded as a classic, this description of life in polar cultures reflects traditional ethnography at its best and has been a favored account for thirty years. Balikcis important study of the Netsilingmiut, an isolated tribe of Arctic hunters living close to the Arctic Circle, examines their technology, social organization, and religion. The extended period of time that the author worked with the Netsilik Eskimo is reflected in the depth of his understanding of their past and present environments. His portrayal of their dependence on government services, along with modern technology, provides an accurate and necessary insight into the process of cultural change being experienced by cultures in many developing countries. The volume makes a superb accompaniment to the Netsilik documentary film series.
