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Franz Boas in Translation : Place, Myth, and History / Introductions and Annotations by Ann G. Simonds ; Translations by Richard L. Bland ; Note on Statistical Manipulations by Don E. Dumond.
Penn Museum Library E98.R3 B63 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942, author.
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
- Boas, Franz.
- Boas, Franz, 1858-1942--Translations into English.
- Indians of North America--British Columbia--Religion.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Northwest Coast of North America--Religion.
- Indigenous peoples--Northwest Coast of North America--Religion.
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Religion.
- Local Subjects:
- Indigenous peoples--Northwest Coast of North America--Religion.
- Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--Religion.
- Genre:
- Translations
- Physical Description:
- 228 pages : maps, charts ; 29 x 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington ; London : Academica Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- This book "is a study of the anthropologist Franz Boas and his work on the American Northwest. This study analyses what Boas did with local Native American legends passed down by the region's tribal groups. Three translations, originally published in 1888 and 1895, are presented here and constitute Boas's early attempts to define the cultural history of Pacific Northwest tribes." -- publisher's website.
- Notes:
- Includes English translations of excerpts from three of Franz Boas's works: Zur Ethnologie Britisch-Kolombiens, The Development of Culture of Northwest America, and Verhandlungen der Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-228) and index.
- Applied two subject heading from "Changes to Library of Congress Subject Headings Related to Indigenous Peoples" http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31177
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781680534580
- 1680534580
- OCLC:
- 1369380253
- Publisher Number:
- 99995296783
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