{"product_id":"franz-boas-among-the-inuit-of-baffin-island-1883-1884-journals-and-letters-9781487521431","title":"Franz Boas Among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884: Journals and Letters","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1883, Franz Boas, widely regarded as one of the fathers of Inuit anthropology, sailed from Germany to Baffin Island to spend a year among the Inuit of Cumberland Sound. This was his introduction to the Arctic and to anthropological fieldwork. This book presents, for the first time, his letters and journal entries from the year that he spent among the Inuit, providing not only an insightful background to his numerous scientific articles about Inuit culture, but a comprehensive and engaging narrative as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing a Scottish whaling station as his base, Boas travelled widely with the Inuit, learning their language, living in their tents and snow houses, sharing their food, and experiencing their joys and sorrows. At the same time he was taking detailed notes and surveying and mapping the landscape and coastline. Ludger M?ller-Wille has transcribed his journals and his letters to his parents and fianc? and woven these texts into a sequential narrative. The result is a fascinating study of one of the earliest and most successful examples of participatory observation among the Inuit. Originally published in German in 1994, the text has been translated into English by William Barr, who has also published translations of other important works on the history of the Arctic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with some of Boas's own photos and with maps of his field area, \u003cem\u003eFranz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884\u003c\/em\u003e is a valuable addition to the historical and anthropological literature on southern Baffin Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLudger Müller-Wille\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of Geography at McGill University. His book \u003cem\u003eFranz Boas. Bei den Inuit in Baffinland 1883-1884, Tagebücher und Briefe\u003c\/em\u003e was first published in German by Reinhold Schletzer Verlag, Berlin, in1994. \u003cb\u003eWilliam Barr\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Geography at the University of Saskatchewan, editor and translator of \u003cem\u003eA Frenchman in Search of Franklin: De Bray's Arctic Journal, 1852-1854\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOverland to Starvation Cove: With the Inuit in Search of Franklin, 1878-1880\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50338561196306,"sku":"9781487521431","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1364b77b-49b3-4110-bfee-1e381f2c5917.jpg?v=1727987739","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/franz-boas-among-the-inuit-of-baffin-island-1883-1884-journals-and-letters-9781487521431","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}