Shaping of american ethnography, the: the wilkes exploring expedition, 1838-1842
Auteur :
Joyce, Barry Alan
Éditeur :
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN :
9780803225916
Date de publication :
1 avr. 2001
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In August of 1838 the United States Exploring Expedition set sail from Norfolk Navy Yard with six ships and more than seven hundred crewmen, including technicians and scientists. This title argues that the nineteenth-century explorers shared the attributes that characterize the discipline of anthropology in any age.