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

Author/creator Vermeulen, Han F., 1952-
Format Book
PublicationLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]
Descriptionxxiii, 718 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942--Influence.
Ethnology--Germany. --History. --18th century.
Anthropology--Germany. --History. --18th century.
Enlightenment--Germany.
Ethnology--Philosophy.
Ethnology--Europe. --History.
Ethnology--Russia. --History.
Germany--Intellectual life. --18th century.

SeriesCritical studies in the history of anthropology
Critical studies in the history of anthropology. ^A561801
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.
Scope and content "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2015012611
ISBN9780803255425 (hardback)
ISBN080325542X (hardback)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GN308.3 .G3 V37 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold