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Author Gelo, Daniel J., 1957-

Title Comanches and Germans on the Texas Frontier : the Ethnology of Heinrich Berghaus.

Publication Info. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2017.

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Description 1 online resource (274 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Elma Dill Russell Spencer Series in the West and Southwest ; v. 42
Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest.
Contents Introduction: Comanches and Germans in central Texas -- Berghaus and German contributions to American ethnology -- Who was Heinrich Berghaus? -- Berghaus and Humboldt -- Berghaus's Physikalischer Atlas -- Berghaus's interest in ethnology -- Berghaus's ideology -- Evaluating Berghaus's achievement -- Who was Emil Kriewitz? -- Berghaus and the development of American anthropology -- Berghaus's 1851 ethnological article -- The 1851 article in translation -- Commentary on the 1851 article -- The Berghaus glossary and map -- The glossary: an overview -- Comanche glossary -- Historical analysis of the Berghaus map.
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Subject Berghaus, Heinrich Karl Wilhelm, 1797-1884.
Berghaus, Heinrich Karl Wilhelm, 1797-1884.
Comanche Indians -- Texas.
Comanche Indians.
Texas.
Germans -- Texas -- History -- 19th century.
Germans.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Comanche language -- Etymology.
Comanche language.
Language and languages -- Etymology.
Geographers -- Germany -- Biography.
Geographers.
Germany.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Ethnology -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Ethnology.
United States.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Added Author Wickham, Christopher J., 1950 May 26-
Castañeda, Heide.
Other Form: Print version: Gelo, Daniel J. Comanches and Germans on the Texas Frontier : The Ethnology of Heinrich Berghaus. College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2017 9781623495947
ISBN 9781623495954
1623495954
9781623495947
1623495946