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Author Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.

Title Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884 : journals and letters / edited and introduced by Ludger Müller-Wille ; translated by William Barr.

Publication Info. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [1998]
©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 298 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note Translation of: Franz Boas bei den Inuit in Baffinland 1883-1884.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-284) and index.
Summary "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 insightful background to his numerous scientific articles about Inuit culture, but a comprehensive and engaging narrative as well."--Jacket.
Contents Introduction: Germans and Inuit on Baffin Island in the 1880s -- Period of Preparation in Germany, 1882-1883 -- On Board the Germania from Hamburg to Baffin Island, June-July 1883 -- In the Drift and Pack Ice off Baffin Island, July-August 1883 -- Reaching K'exerten, Tinixdjuarbing: Meeting the Whalers and Inuit, August-September 1883 -- Winding Down the German Polar Station, K'ingua, September 1883 -- Late Fall Boat Trips in the Sound, September-October 1883 -- Investigations at K'exerten, October-December 1883 -- Inuit, Igloos, and Dogs: Journeys on the Ice of Tinixdjuarbing, December 1883-May 1884 -- Overland to Davis Strait: From Kingnait to Padli, May 1884 -- Along the East Coast of Baffin Island: Survey Trips on the Sea Ice, May-July 1884.
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Subject Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 -- Travel -- Nunavut -- Baffin Island.
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
Travel.
Nunavut -- Baffin Island.
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 -- Voyages -- Nunavut -- Baffin, Île de.
Inuit -- Nunavut -- Baffin Island -- Social life and customs.
Inuit.
Manners and customs.
Baffin Island (Nunavut) -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Müller-Wille, Ludger.
Added Title Franz Boas bei den Inuit in Baffinland 1883-1884. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99045643
Other Form: Print version: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942. Franz Boas bei den Inuit in Baffinland 1883-1884. English. Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1998 9780802041500 (DLC) 99216117 (OCoLC)41872451
ISBN 9781442675049 (electronic book)
1442675047 (electronic book)
0802041507
9780802041500