ISBN:
0776606026
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxv, 100 p)
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ill., map, ports
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21 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Saint-Lazare, Quebec Gibson Library Connections 2008 Canadian electronic library. Books collection Electronic document; Available by subscription via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Diary of Abraham Ulrikab : Text and Context
DDC:
305.897/120718209034
Keywords:
Inuit Sources First contact with Europeans
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Inuit Sources History 19th century
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Glossary; Abraham's Diary and Letters; Moravian Letters and Documents; Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung; Magdeburgische Zeitung; Neue Preussische Zeitung; Frankfurter Nachrichten; "Eskimos at the Berlin Zoo"; Appendix A: Abraham's Diary and Inuit Autobiography; Appendix B: German Contexts; Appendix C: Moravian Mission in Hebron, 2002; Bibliography; About Hartmut Lutz, Alootook Ipellie, and Hans-Ludwig Blohm;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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Translated from the German
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Electronic document; Available by subscription via World Wide Web
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