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The Resource Before Boas : the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment, Han F. Vermeulen

Before Boas : the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment, Han F. Vermeulen

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Before Boas : the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment
Title
Before Boas
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the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment
Statement of responsibility
Han F. Vermeulen
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Subject
Language
eng
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"--
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1952-
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Vermeulen, Han F.
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Critical studies in the history of anthropology
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  • Ethnology
  • Anthropology
  • Enlightenment
  • Ethnology
  • Ethnology
  • Ethnology
Label
Before Boas : the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment, Han F. Vermeulen
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Publication
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier.
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text
Content type code
  • txt
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rdacontent.
Contents
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 German Invention of Völkerkunde -- 7. Anthropology in the German Enlightenment : Plural Approaches to Human Diversity -- 8. Epilogue: Reception of the German Ethnographic Tradition
Control code
FIEb1778752x
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xxiii, 718 pages
Isbn
9780803255425
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)894747582
Label
Before Boas : the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment, Han F. Vermeulen
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
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 German Invention of Völkerkunde -- 7. Anthropology in the German Enlightenment : Plural Approaches to Human Diversity -- 8. Epilogue: Reception of the German Ethnographic Tradition
Control code
FIEb1778752x
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xxiii, 718 pages
Isbn
9780803255425
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)894747582

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