Thirty-First Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1909-1910

Hodge, Fredereick W.

Verlag: Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1916

Beschreibung

1037 pages; illustrations; appendix; publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering and design on the cover. Contains - "Tsimshian Mythology" by Franz Boas (1958-1942). Franz Boas is considered the "Father of Anthropology" and was a leading expert on Northwest Coast Native Societies. He set up the first Ph.D. Program in Anthropology at Columbia University and his students came to dominate the field for the next fifty years. His study of the Tsimshian includes Mythology, society, physical world of their society, list of proper names and place names, and comparative study of the Tsimishian culture to its neighbors along the Northwest Coast. One of the important studies of Northwest cultural societies. Tear to the lower front flyleaf, and somewhat loose front cover due to the weight of the volume. Otherwise a very good clean copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 13409

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Thirty-First Annual Report of the Bureau of ...

Verlag: Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Erscheinungsdatum: 1916

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Collectible-Very Good