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Franz Boas's "The Central Eskimo" remains a landmark study of Inuit culture and society. This meticulously reproduced edition of Boas's Sixth Annual Report to the Smithsonian Institution offers unparalleled insights into the lives of the Central Eskimo people during the late... Read Full Overview

Reprint of part of Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, 1888, p.409-669. (AB1728).

The Eskimo inhabit almost the whole extent of the coast of Arctic America. A large part of this country is occupied by the Central Eskimo, one of the great groups into which that people is divided. They live in the northeastern part of the continent and on the eastern islands... Read Full Overview

The Eskimo inhabit almost the whole extent of the coast of Arctic America. A large part of this country is occupied by the Central Eskimo, one of the great groups into which that people is divided. They live in the northeastern part of the continent and on the eastern islands... Read Full Overview

The Eskimo inhabit almost the whole extent of the coast of Arctic America. A large part of this country is occupied by the Central Eskimo, one of the great groups into which that people is divided. They live in the northeastern part of the continent and on the eastern islands... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: The Central Eskimo by Franz Boas