Volksgeist As Method and Ethic
Essays on Boasian Ethnography and the German Anthropological Tradition
Published on 9. November 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
358 pages
978-0-299-14554-5 (ISBN)
Description
Franz Boas, the founding figure of anthropology in America, came to the United States from Germany in 1886. This volume in the History of Anthropology series explores the extent and significance of Boas' roots in the German intellectual tradition and late-19th century German anthropology.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Wisconsin
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
28 b&w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
485 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-299-14554-5 (9780299145545)
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George W. Stocking, Jr., is the Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Committee on the Conceptual Foundations of Science at the University of Chicago. He is editor of the History of Anthropology series published by the University of Wisconsin Press and the author of After Tylor: British Social Anthropology, 1888-1951; Victorian Anthropology; Race, Culture, and Evolution; and The Ethnographer's Magic. In 1993, he was awarded the Huxley Medal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.