Isbn: 9780802090423 - apostle to the inuit: the journals and ethnographic notes of edmund james peck, -the baffin years, 1894-1905 (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. xii + 513 pages, illustrations, maps : 24 cm. Summary:The book offers important new data on the history of the missions among the Inuit as well as on the history of Inuit religion and the anthropological study of Inuit oral traditions.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. "Apostle to the Inuit demonstrates how a Christian missionary, who was bitterly opposed to shamanism, became a devoted researcher of this complex tradition. Editors Frederic Laugrand, Jarich Oosten, and Francois Trudel highlight the relationships between Europeans and Inuit and discuss central issues facing Native peoples and missionaries in the North. They also present a selection of drawings made by Inuit at the request of Peck, which illustrate Inuit life on Baffin Island at the turn of the twentieth century. The book offers important new data on the history of the missions among the Inuit as well as on the history of Inuit religion and the anthropological study of Inuit oral traditions." 8vo, 24 cm., xii[4]498 pages, ill., portraits, map, ref., index of names.…