Anthropology's Global Histories. The Ethnographic Frontier in German New Guinea, 1870–1935

Christine Winter

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Abstract

Review of Rainer F. Buschman's "Anthropology’s Global Histories. The Ethnographic..."

Despite its title, the core period this volume investigates is from the beginning of the Voelkerkunde Museum in Berlin in 1886 to the end of the German colonial empire in 1921. Based on a PhD dissertation, this is a diligently researched volume. Many of the archival collections consulted in Germany were seriously damaged during World War II and it takes a tenacious and meticulous researcher to excavate the stories and developments that form the core of this study. The publishers allowed detailed footnotes, the bibliography is extensive and the short index is solid.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)377-379
Number of pages3
JournalThe Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology
Volume10
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2009
Externally publishedYes

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