Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884
Subtitle: journals and letters
By: edited and introduced by Ludger Müller-Wille ; translated by William Barr.
Contributors: Müller-Wille, Ludger.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 -- Travel -- Nunavut -- Baffin Island.; Inuit -- Nunavut -- Baffin Island -- Social life and customs.; Baffin Island (Nunavut) -- Social life and customs.
Description: In 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 insightful background to his numerous scientific articles about Inuit culture, but a comprehensive and engaging narrative as well.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-284) and index.
Translation of: Franz Boas bei den Inuit in Baffinland 1883-1884.