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Author Darnell, Regna.

Title And along came Boas : continuity and revolution in Americanist anthropology / Regna Darnell.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Penn : J. Benjamins, [1998]
©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 331 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, 0304-0720 ; v. 86
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 86. 0304-0720
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-320) and indexes.
Contents pt. 1. Lectures, Questions & Answers pt. 2. Questions & Answers pt. 3. Poems & Records from Pilgrimages.
Summary The advent of Franz Boas on the North American scene irrevocably redirected the course of Americanist anthropology. This volume documents the revolutionary character of the theoretical and methodological standpoint introduced by Boas and his first generation of students, among whom linguist Edward Sapir was among the most distinguished. Virtually all of the classic Boasians were at least part-time linguists alongside their ethnological work. During the crucial transitional period beginning with the founding of the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1879, there were as many continuities as discont.
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Subject Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology -- History.
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.
History.
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology -- Historia.
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology -- Histoire.
Boas, Franz, (1858-1942)
Smithsonian Institution.
Boas, Franz.
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
Anthropology -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Anthropology.
United States.
Chronological Term 20th century
1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Darnell, Regna. And along came Boas. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Penn : J. Benjamins, ©1998 1556196237 (DLC) 98028940 (OCoLC)39368423
ISBN 9789027275608 (electronic book)
9027275602 (electronic book)
1556196237
9781556196232
9027245746
9789027245748