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The diary of Abraham Ulrikab : text and context /
In August 1880, businessman Adrian Jakobsen convinced eight Inuit men, women, and children from Hebron and Nakvak, Labrador to accompany him to Europe to be "exhibited" in zoos and Völkerschauen (ethnographic shows). Abraham, Maria, Noggasak, Paingo, Sara, Terrianiak, Tobias, and Ulrike a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Inuktitut |
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Ottawa [Ont.] :
University of Ottawa Press,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In August 1880, businessman Adrian Jakobsen convinced eight Inuit men, women, and children from Hebron and Nakvak, Labrador to accompany him to Europe to be "exhibited" in zoos and Völkerschauen (ethnographic shows). Abraham, Maria, Noggasak, Paingo, Sara, Terrianiak, Tobias, and Ulrike agreed, partly for the money and partly out of curiosity to see the wonders of Europe, which they had heard about from Moravian missionaries. The Inuit arrived in the fall of 1880 and were much talked and written about in the local press. Meanwhile, the Moravian missionaries, who had begged them not to embark on. |
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| Notas: | Translated from the German. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxv, 100 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780776617084 0776617087 |