Vermeulen, Han F.,  1952- <br/><br/>
Before Boas :  the genesis of ethnography and ethnology in the German Enlightenment / 
Han F. Vermeulen. 
 - Lincoln :  University of Nebraska Press,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource (xxiii, 718 pages). 
 - Critical studies in the history of anthropology .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>1. History and Theory of Anthropology and Ethnology : Introduction --  2. Theory and Practice : G.W. Leibniz and the Advancement of Science in Russia --  3. Enlightenment and Pietism : D.G. Messerschmidt and the Early Exploration of Siberia --  4. Ethnography and Empire : G.F. Müller and the Description of Siberian Peoples --  5. Anthropology and the Orient : C. Niebuhr and the Danish-German Arabia Expedition --  6. From the Field to the Study : A.L. Schlözer and the German Invention of Völkerkunde --  7. Anthropology in the German Enlightenment : Plural Approaches to Human Diversity --  8. Epilogue: Reception of the German Ethnographic Tradition. 
<br/><br/> "An extensive study of the emergence of ethnology and ethnography, and how theories in Europe and Russia during the eighteenth century experienced a paradigm shift with the work of Franz Boas starting in 1886"-- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780803277403 9780803277380 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 --Influence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ethnology--History--Germany--18th century.<br/>Anthropology--History--Germany--18th century.<br/>Enlightenment--Germany.<br/>Ethnology--Philosophy.<br/>Ethnology--History.--Europe<br/>Ethnology--History.--Russia<br/>Anthropology.<br/>Boas, Franz.<br/>Enlightenment.<br/>Ethnology.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN308  / .B446 2015