Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes
Wilhelm Weike's Arctic Journal and Letters (1883–84)
- Publisher
- Baraka Books
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2012
- Category
- Cultural
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781926824116
- Publish Date
- Nov 2011
- List Price
- $29.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926824451
- Publish Date
- Feb 2012
- List Price
- $22.99
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Told from an ordinary man’s perspective, these are the journal and letters of Wilhelm Weike as he accompanied Franz Boas?the father of modern anthropology?on 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 Boas’s legacy in all social sciences.
About the authors
William Barr specializes in geomorphology and has, for the past thirty years, focused his research on the history of Arctic exploration. He has published fourteen books, including translations from German, French, and Russian, and more than a hundred articles. He is author of From Barrow to Boothia: The Arctic Journal of Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease 1836-1839.