And along came Boas :: continuity and revolution in Americanist anthropology /

The advent of Franz Boas on the North American scene irrevocably redirected the course of Americanist anthropology. This volume documents the revolutionary character of the theoretical and methodological standpoint introduced by Boas and his first generation of students, among whom linguist Edward S...

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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Penn : J. Benjamins, ©1998.
Schriftenreihe:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 86.
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Zusammenfassung:The advent of Franz Boas on the North American scene irrevocably redirected the course of Americanist anthropology. This volume documents the revolutionary character of the theoretical and methodological standpoint introduced by Boas and his first generation of students, among whom linguist Edward Sapir was among the most distinguished. Virtually all of the classic Boasians were at least part-time linguists alongside their ethnological work. During the crucial transitional period beginning with the founding of the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1879, there were as many continuities as discont.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 331 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-320) and indexes.
ISBN:9789027275608
9027275602
1283312247
9781283312240
9786613312242
661331224X
ISSN:0304-0720 ;

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