Volksgeist as Method and Ethic: Essays on Boasian Ethnography and the German Anthropological Tradition (History of Anthropology) Book

back cover-Stocking, Volksgeist as Method paperback Volume 8, Volksgeist as Method and Ethic: Essays on Boasian Ethnography and the German Anthropological Tradition 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. Other volumes in the History of Anthropology series Volume 7, Colonial Situations: Essays on the Contextualization of Ethnographic Knowledge Volume 6, Romantic Motives: Essays on Anthropological Sensibility Volume 5, Bones, Bodies, Behavior: Essays on Biological Anthropology Volume 4, Malinowski, Rivers, Benedict and Others: Essays on Culture and Personality Volume 3, Objects and Others: Essays on Museums and Material Culture Volume 2, Functionalism Historicized: Essays on British Social Anthropology Volume 1, Observers Observed: Essays on Ethnographic Fieldwork "A splendid series."-Joan Mark, Isis "Among the most distinguished publications in anthropology, as well as in the history of social sciences."-George Marcus, Anthropologica Contributors: Judith Berman, Thomas Buckley, Matti Bunzl, Ira Jacknis, Julia E. Liss, Benoit MassinRead More