Volksgeist as Method and Ethic
Author | : George W. Stocking |
Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1996-07-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780299145538 |
ISBN-13 | : 0299145530 |
Rating | : 4/5 (530 Downloads) |
Download or read book Volksgeist as Method and Ethic written by George W. Stocking and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1996-07-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Franz Boas, the major founding figure of anthropology as a discipline in the United States, came to America from Germany in 1886. This volume in the highly acclaimed History of Anthropology series is the first extensive scholarly exploration of Boas' roots in the German intellectual tradition and late nineteenth-century German anthropology, and offers a new perspective on the historical development of ethnography in the United States.