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Vermeulen Han F. <1952-> |
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Titolo |
Before Boas : the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment / / Han F. Vermeulen |
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Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (747 p.) |
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Collana |
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Critical studies in the history of anthropology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethnology - Germany - History - 18th century |
Anthropology - Germany - History - 18th century |
Enlightenment - Germany |
Ethnology - Philosophy |
Ethnology - Europe - History |
Ethnology - Russia - History |
Electronic books. |
Germany Intellectual life 18th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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"-- |
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