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Interviews | June 19, 2009

Dave: IMG Jim Lynch Makes Landscape Art... Out of Text

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jimlynchIf Carl Hiaasen set one of his novels on a residential stretch of boundary line between British Columbia and Washington, or if Richard Russo's characters had relatives in the Pacific Northwest, the result might be something like Jim Lynch's Border Songs. Continue »
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    Border Songs

    Jim Lynch

History of Anthropology #8: Volksgeist as Method and Ethic: Essays on Boasian Ethnography and the German Anthropological Tradition

by George W., Jr. Stocking

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Franz Boas, the major founding figure of anthropology as a discipline in the United States, came to America from Germany in 1886. This volume in the highly acclaimed History of Anthropology series is the first extensive scholarly exploration of Boas' roots in the German intellectual tradition and late nineteenth-century German anthropology, and offers a new perspective on the historical development of ethnography in the United States.

Book News Annotation:

Eight essays including one by Boas himself tracing the German intellectual influences and traditions that helped to shaped the enthographic practices of the man considered to be the founding figure of US anthropology. The lineage draws lines from Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt through Ritter, Ratzel, Waitz, and Bastian to Boas. Drawing on research and letters, the cultural forces that shaped Boas' s ideas are explored and pitted against the problematic aspects of his work with Native American groups, particularly with the Kwakiutl people and California Indians. Includes photographs.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780299145507
Subtitle:
Essays on Boasian Ethnography and the German Anthropological Tradition
Editor:
Stocking, George W., Jr.
Editor:
Stocking, George W., Jr.
Publisher:
University of Wisconsin Press
Location:
Madison, Wis. :
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
History
Subject:
Sociology - General
Subject:
Anthropology - Cultural
Subject:
Anthropology
Subject:
Boas, franz, 1858-1942
Subject:
Boas, Franz
Subject:
Anthropology -- United States -- Philosophy.
Subject:
Anthropology -- Germany -- Philosophy.
Subject:
Anthropology - General
Subject:
Anthropology -- United States -- History.
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series:
History of Anthropology
Series Volume:
number 4v. 8
Publication Date:
July 1996
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
358
Dimensions:
9.32x6.36x1.00 in. 1.47 lbs.
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