Bibliograph

Comanches and Germans on the Texas frontier, the ethnology of Heinrich Berghaus, Daniel J. Gelo and Christopher J. Wickham ; with contributions by Heide Castañeda

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Comanches and Germans on the Texas frontier, the ethnology of Heinrich Berghaus, Daniel J. Gelo and Christopher J. Wickham ; with contributions by Heide Castañeda

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-239) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Comanches and Germans on the Texas frontier

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

987051694

Responsibility statement

Daniel J. Gelo and Christopher J. Wickham ; with contributions by Heide Castañeda

Sub title

the ethnology of Heinrich Berghaus

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Comanches and Germans in central Texas -- Berghaus and German contributions to American ethnology -- Who was Heinrich Berghaus? -- Berghaus and Humboldt -- Berghaus's Physikalischer Atlas -- Berghaus's interest in ethnology -- Berghaus's ideology -- Evaluating Berghaus's achievement -- Who was Emil Kriewitz? -- Berghaus and the development of American anthropology -- Berghaus's 1851 ethnological article -- The 1851 article in translation -- Commentary on the 1851 article -- The Berghaus glossary and map -- The glossary: an overview -- Comanche glossary -- Historical analysis of the Berghaus map

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