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Author:

Vermeulen, Han F., 1952-

Title:

Before Boas : the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment / Han F. Vermeulen.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xxiii, 718 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Ethnology--Germany--History--18th century.
Anthropology--Germany--History--18th century.
Enlightenment--Germany.
Germany--Intellectual life--18th century.
Ethnology--Philosophy.
Ethnology--Europe--History.
Ethnology--Russia--History.
Boas, Franz,--1858-1942--Influence.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General.
HISTORY / World.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

1. History and Theory of Anthropology and Ethnology : Introduction -- 2. Theory and Practice : G.W. Leibniz and the Advancement of Science in Russia -- 3. Enlightenment and Pietism : D.G. Messerschmidt and the Early Exploration of Siberia -- 4. Ethnography and Empire : G.F. Müller and the Description of Siberian Peoples -- 5. Anthropology and the Orient : C. Niebuhr and the Danish-German Arabia Expedition -- 6. From the Field to the Study : A.L. Schlözer and the German Invention of Völkerkunde -- 7. Anthropology in the German Enlightenment : Plural Approaches to Human Diversity -- 8. Epilogue: Reception of the German Ethnographic Tradition.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Critical studies in the history of anthropology

ISBN:

080325542X (hardback)
9780803255425 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)894747582

LCCN:

2015012611

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)