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Volksgeist as method and ethic : essays on Boasian ethnography and the German anthropological tradition / edited by George W. Stocking, Jr

Stocking, George W., Jr.,i1928-2013

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 1996

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (viii, 349 pages) : Illustrations

History of anthropology ; v. 8

Includes bibliographical references and index

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

978-0-299-14553-8 ; 0-299-14553-0 ; 1-282-64321-5 ; 978-1-282-64321-5 ; 978-0-299-14550-7

LB 30000

 

f Aufsatzsammlung  Deutschland  USA  Boas, Franz, 1858-1942  Volksgeist  Geschichte 

 

Franz Boas, the major founding figure of anthropology as a discipline of America, came to the United States from Germany in 1886. Though this fact is widely known, the significance of Boas' roots in German intellectual tradition and late nineteenth century German anthropology remains obscure. The essays in Volkgeist a Method and Ethic explore the Germanic influences on Boasian anthropology and clarify their implications for the ethnographic practice that Boas promulgated.