Before Boas : the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment /
"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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | Critical studies in the history of anthropology.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of 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. M�uller 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. Schl�ozer and the German Invention of V�olkerkunde
- 7. Anthropology in the German Enlightenment : Plural Approaches to Human Diversity
- 8. Epilogue: Reception of the German Ethnographic Tradition.