Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes: Wilhelm Weike''s Arctic Journal and Letters (188384)

Name: Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes: Wilhelm Weike''s Arctic Journal and Letters (188384)
Brand: Baraka Books
SKU: 9781926824116
Price: 35.09 EUR
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Translated by: William Barr

Told from an ordinary mans perspective, these are the journal and letters of Wilhelm Weike as he accompanied Franz Boasthe father of modern anthropologyon 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 Boass legacy in all social sciences. See more

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Weight: 445g
Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
Publication Date: 30 Nov 2011
Publisher: Baraka Books
Publication City/Country: Canada
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781926824116

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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 18831884: 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 a cabaret artist and author of children's radio plays and theatre plays. He has hosted theatre radio and TV shows including The Annual Satirical Review.William Barr is a research fellow at the Arctic Institute of North America and the author of Arctic Hell-Ship Arctic Scientist Gulag Survivor and Joseph-Elzéar Bernier. He is also the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Historical Association for his contributions to the historiography of the Canadian North. He lives in Calgary Alberta.