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Book Title
Franz Boas Among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884 : Journals
ISBN
9781487521431
Subject Area
Regional History
Publication Name
Franz Boas Among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884: Journals and Letters
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Subject
Anthropology, History
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
229 mm
Author
Ludger Muller-Wille
Item Weight
500 g
Item Width
152 mm
Number of Pages
330 Pages

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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 time, his letters and journal entries from the year that he spent among the Inuit, providing not only an insightful background to his numerous scientific articles about Inuit culture, but a comprehensive and engaging narrative as well. Using a Scottish whaling station as his base, Boas travelled widely with the Inuit, learning their language, living in their tents and snow houses, sharing their food, and experiencing their joys and sorrows. At the same time he was taking detailed notes and surveying and mapping the landscape and coastline. Ludger M ller-Wille has transcribed his journals and his letters to his parents and fianc and woven these texts into a sequential narrative. The result is a fascinating study of one of the earliest and most successful examples of participatory observation among the Inuit. Originally published in German in 1994, the text has been translated into English by William Barr, who has also published translations of other important works on the history of the Arctic. Illustrated with some of Boas's own photos and with maps of his field area, Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884 is a valuable addition to the historical and anthropological literature on southern Baffin Island.

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University of Toronto Press
ISBN-13
9781487521431
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Number of Pages
330 Pages
Publication Name
Franz Boas Among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884: Journals and Letters
Language
English
Subject
Anthropology, History
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Regional History
Author
Ludger Muller-Wille
Format
Paperback

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Item Height
229 mm
Item Weight
500 g
Item Width
152 mm

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Ludger Muller-Wille
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Canada

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