Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes : Wilhelm Weike's Arctic Journal and Letters (1883-84).

Told from an ordinary man's perspective, these are the journal and letters of Wilhelm Weike as he accompanied Franz Boas--the father of modern anthropology--on his journey to the arctic from 1883 to 1884. This extraordinary document of early arctic history provides a plain, direct view of the I...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barr, William
Otros Autores: Gieseking, Bernd, Muller-Wille, Ludguer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Baraka Books, 2012.
Temas:
Weike, Wilhelm, > 1859-1917 > Travel > Nunavut > Baffin Island.
Weike, Wilhelm, > 1859-1917 > Diaries.
Weike, Wilhelm, > 1859-1917 > Correspondence.
Boas, Franz, > 1858-1942 > Travel > Nunavut > Baffin Island.
Boas, Franz, > 1858-1942
Weike, Wilhelm, > 1859-1917
1800-1899
Inuit > Nunavut > Baffin Island > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Whaling ships > Nunavut > Baffin Island > History > 19th century.
Inuits > Nunavut > Baffin, Île de > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Inuit > Social life and customs
Manners and customs
Travel
Whaling ships
Baffin Island (Nunavut) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Baffin Island (Nunavut) > Description and travel.
Baffin, Île de (Nunavut) > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Baffin, Île de (Nunavut) > Descriptions et voyages.
Nunavut > Baffin Island
Diaries
History
Personal correspondence
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • PREFACE
  • The arctic year of an ordinary German
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Wilhelm Weike with Franz Boasamong Inuit and whalers
  • duties and chronicling
  • PART I
  • WILHELM WEIKE
  • Arctic Journal and Letters(1883-1884)
  • Preparations and voyageon board the Germania (June 10 to August 27, 1883)
  • About sea and ice
  • Letters fromon board the Germania (July 6 to August 26)
  • Among Inuit, whalers, and polar researchers (August 28 to September 16)
  • Boat trips and hikes(17 September to 22 October)
  • From an alien world-Letters from Qeqerten(August 28 to September 25)
  • Life and death at Qeqerten (October 23 to December 10)
  • On the ice and in iglus in Cumberland Sound(11 December 1883 to 7 January 1884)
  • Frostbite and recovery at Qeqerten (January 8 to April 10)
  • By dog team over Kingnait Passand along Davis Strait(April 11 to July 18)
  • Waiting for the whaling ships at Qivitung (July 19 to August 24)
  • Homeward voyage on board the Wolf (August 25 to September 1)
  • Back in Germany-Correspondence with Franz Boas (1884-1889)
  • PART 2
  • WILHELM WEIKE
  • Life in Germanyand on Baffin Island (1859-1917)
  • Youth in Häverstädt and servantin the Boas house hold in Minden (1859-1883)
  • Franz Boas-German polar researchand expedition to Baffin Island (1882-1884)
  • Wilhelm Weike's writings-journal and letters (1883-1889)
  • People and Places in the Canadian Arctic(August 1883 to September 1884)
  • Peoples-Inuit, Qallunaat (whalers and Germans)
  • Arctic environment
  • Daily life
  • Languages: Inuktituk, English, Pidgin, and German
  • Work, service, and duty
  • Travels, living conditions and mobility
  • Pleasures and leisure-time
  • Health and illness
  • Insights into Inuit culture
  • Alcohol-the questionable drink of the Qallunaat.
  • Return to Minden-readjusting and marriage (October 1884 to December 1885)
  • Move to and life in Berlin (1886-1917)
  • Messages to and from Baffin Island (1884-1886)
  • Wilhelm Weike through Franz Boas' eyes
  • The Inuit and the Arctic-the Boasian enigma
  • And who was Wilhelm Weike?
  • Finale
  • Acknowledgements
  • Individuals
  • Institutions
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

Ejemplares similares