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Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes

Wilhelm Weike's Arctic Journal and Letters (1883–84)

translated by William Barr

edited by Bernd Gieseking & Ludguer Müller-Wille

Publisher
Baraka Books
Initial publish date
Feb 2012
Category
Cultural
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781926824116
    Publish Date
    Nov 2011
    List Price
    $29.95
  • 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.

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