In Humboldt's Shadow: A Tragic History of German Ethnology
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In Humboldt's Shadow: A Tragic History of German Ethnology
By (Author) H. Glenn Penny
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
24th August 2021
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
European history
Social and cultural history
Indigenous peoples
305.800943
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Hardback
240
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
A compelling history of the German ethnologists who were inspired by Prussian polymath and explorer Alexander von Humboldt The Berlin Ethnological Museum is one of the world's largest and most important anthropological museums, housing more than a half million objects collected from around the globe. In Humboldt's Shadow tells the story of the G
Author Bio
H. Glenn Penny is professor of modern European history at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Kindred by Choice: Germans and American Indians since 1800 and Objects of Culture: Ethnology and Ethnographic Museums in Imperial Germany.
