Before Boas : the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment /

An extensive study of the emergence of ethnology and ethnography, and how theories in Europe and Russia during the eighteenth century experienced a paradigm shift with the work of Franz Boas starting in 1886.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vermeulen, Han F., 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]
Series:Critical studies in the history of anthropology.
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Description
Summary:An extensive study of the emergence of ethnology and ethnography, and how theories in Europe and Russia during the eighteenth century experienced a paradigm shift with the work of Franz Boas starting in 1886.
Physical Description:xxiii, 718 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780803255425
080325542X