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Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes: Wilhelm Weike's Arctic Journal and Letters (1883-84)
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Paperback. Translation of: Bei Inuit und Walf'angern auf Baffin-Land (1883/1884). Editor(s): Muller-Wille, Ludger; Gieseking, Bernd. Translator(s): Barr, William. Num Pages: 286 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JHMC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
Told from an ordinary man’s perspective, these are the journal and letters of Wilhelm Weike as he accompanied Franz Boas—the father of modern anthropology—on his journey to the arctic from 1883 to 1884. This extraordinary document of early arctic history provides a plain, direct view of the Inuit and the whalers in their arctic environment at the end of the 19th century. With invaluable contextual and complementary information, this book contributes key insights during the recent wave of scientific assessment of Franz Boas’s legacy in all social sciences.
Told from an ordinary man’s perspective, these are the journal and letters of Wilhelm Weike as he accompanied Franz Boas—the father of modern anthropology—on his journey to the arctic from 1883 to 1884. This extraordinary document of early arctic history provides a plain, direct view of the Inuit and the whalers in their arctic environment at the end of the 19th century. With invaluable contextual and complementary information, this book contributes key insights during the recent wave of scientific assessment of Franz Boas’s legacy in all social sciences.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Baraka Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9781926824116
SKU
V9781926824116
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99-50
About
Ludger Müller-Wille is a retired professor of geography and northern studies at McGill University and the author of Franz Boas with the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883–1884: Journals and Letters. He has studied ethnicity and human-environmental relations in the arctic and subarctic among the Sámi and Finns, Inuit, Dene, and Naskapi. He lives in Montreal, Quebec. Bernd Gieseking is ... Read more
Reviews for Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes: Wilhelm Weike's Arctic Journal and Letters (1883-84)
Weike's journal and letters do not stand alone. Introductory material and extensive background on both Boas and Weike and on the Arctic during the period add to and amplify the first-person account. Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island through German Eyes greatly enriches our picture of the intermingling of indigenous and European cultures in the late nineteenth-century Arctic." —www.ForewordReviews.com (November ... Read more