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Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884 : Journals and Letters /

"In the summer of 1883, Franz Boas, widely regarded as one of the fathers of Inuit anthropology, sailed from Germany to Baffin Island to spend a year among the Inuit of Cumberland Sound. This was his introduction to the Arctic and to anthropological fieldwork. This book presents, for the first...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Otros Autores: Müller-Wille, Ludger
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1998.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Germans and Inuit on Baffin Island in the 1880s
  • Period of Preparation in Germany, 1882-1883
  • On Board the Germania from Hamburg to Baffin Island, June-July 1883
  • In the Drift and Pack Ice off Baffin Island, July-August 1883
  • Reaching K'exerten, Tinixdjuarbing: Meeting the Whalers and Inuit, August-September 1883
  • Winding Down the German Polar Station, K'ingua, September 1883
  • Late Fall Boat Trips in the Sound, September-October 1883
  • Investigations at K'exerten, October-December 1883
  • Inuit, Igloos, and Dogs: Journeys on the Ice of Tinixdjuarbing, December 1883-May 1884
  • Overland to Davis Strait: From Kingnait to Padli, May 1884
  • Along the East Coast of Baffin Island: Survey Trips on the Sea Ice, May-July 1884.