Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884 Journals and Letters

‘In every way, this book, so painstakingly and completely assembled by Ludger Müller-Wille and ably translated by William Barr from the original German edition (1994), satisfies both my personal and professional musings.’

‘Professor Müller-Wille should be congratulated on this thorough piece of work, which makes a significant contribution to the history of the social sciences.’

‘In bringing Boas's early work to a wider public, Müller-Wille performs a great service to the scientific community and to Arctic people. The engaging account documents a pivotal period in the development of research ethics and ethnographic method.’

‘Franz Boas among the Inuit offers exciting and rewarding reading for both scholars of the ethnohistory of the Canadian Arctic Inuit and students of the "'intellectual history" of anthropology.’