| Volksgeist as Method and Ethic: Essays on Boasian Ethnography and the German Anthropological Tradition Contributor(s): Stocking, George W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0299145506 ISBN-13: 9780299145507 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1996 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 301 |
| LCCN: 95025272 |
| Series: History of Anthropology |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.36" W x 9.32" (1.47 lbs) 358 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Franz Boas, the major founding figure of anthropology as a discipline in the United States, came to America from Germany in 1886. This volume in the highly acclaimed History of Anthropology series is the first extensive scholarly exploration of Boas' roots in the German intellectual tradition and late nineteenth-century German anthropology, and offers a new perspective on the historical development of ethnography in the United States. |