Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, 1921, Vol. 7 (Classic Reprint)

Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, 1921, Vol. 7 (Classic Reprint)

Author: National Institute of Social Sciences

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-17

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9781527977259

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Excerpt from Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, 1921, Vol. 7 I want to tell you briefly what my impressions were of Europe as I saw it during November and December, 1920, and then in the remaining minutes which are allotted to me, to suggest to you certain things which I think we ought to do. None Of these refer to our entrance into the League of Nations; not that I disavow the League of Nations, but because I believe that our entrance into the League for the present is a political impossibility. I prefer to talk about things that are politically possible. I spent three weeks Of the two months I was in Europe in England. From England I went to Paris, from Paris to Cologne, then to Brussels, to Berlin; from Berlin to Dresden, from Dresden to Prague, and from Prague to Vienna, then to Geneva for the first half of the meeting of the League of Nations Assembly, during which time I took a couple of days Off to run down to Italy and then back to Geneva and to Paris and home. I wish to summarize, if I may, my impressions under two heads, not because they are separated and distinct, but merely for the purpose of clarification, the economic and the political situations as I saw them. I realize of course that economic and political considerations are always inextricably confused and involved. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


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Download or read book Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, 1921, Vol. 7 (Classic Reprint) written by National Institute of Social Sciences and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, 1921, Vol. 7 I want to tell you briefly what my impressions were of Europe as I saw it during November and December, 1920, and then in the remaining minutes which are allotted to me, to suggest to you certain things which I think we ought to do. None Of these refer to our entrance into the League of Nations; not that I disavow the League of Nations, but because I believe that our entrance into the League for the present is a political impossibility. I prefer to talk about things that are politically possible. I spent three weeks Of the two months I was in Europe in England. From England I went to Paris, from Paris to Cologne, then to Brussels, to Berlin; from Berlin to Dresden, from Dresden to Prague, and from Prague to Vienna, then to Geneva for the first half of the meeting of the League of Nations Assembly, during which time I took a couple of days Off to run down to Italy and then back to Geneva and to Paris and home. I wish to summarize, if I may, my impressions under two heads, not because they are separated and distinct, but merely for the purpose of clarification, the economic and the political situations as I saw them. I realize of course that economic and political considerations are always inextricably confused and involved. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, 1918 (Classic Reprint)

Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, 1918 (Classic Reprint)

Author: National Institute of Social Sciences

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-07

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781330892282

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Excerpt from Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, 1918 For students of the social sciences the word of the hour is Reconstruction. The problems of the present are those of; but the war, at least to America and her allies, is a war. for an abiding peace. No matter how great may be the victory, it will be defeat to the best hopes of humanity if the conditions that have fruited in this war be left unchanged. In no small part those conditions are social. Their reform calls for the best effort of us all. Though the end of the war may yet be far, there is no time to lose. Once before, a half-century ago at the end of a great war, that word Reconstruction was familiar to American ears; and even those who applaud on the whole the measures for which it stands are frank to deplore the errors of its haste. Happily today the wisest among us are already busy with the task. In these last months, while the members of our Institute were at work on their papers, a score of British thinkers, headed by an administrator so eminent as Earl Cromer, gave to the press a volume of studies on "After-War Problems." "In the hope," says the editor, Mr. William Harbutt Dawson, "of contributing toward the great task of after-war reconstruction this volume has been written." "We are told of what Germany is to be compelled to do, of the capitulations and penalties which are to be required of her as the price of peace; ... yet there are thousands of Englishmen, and they not the least patriotic, who are quite as eager to know what England herself is prepared to do in order to help in and sustain the coming reign of peace and goodwill." Has America less need for such a sequel of victory? And if the war end not in victory, but in a truce, her need will be the greater. For, if the war is to be fought over, the supreme aim must meanwhile be national efficiency. That efficiency cannot come from makeshifts. It will not come from adoption of the methods of autocracy. If democracy is to outlive autocracy, it can be only because her outcome proves itself a sounder national character, a truer national weal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


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Download or read book Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, 1918 (Classic Reprint) written by National Institute of Social Sciences and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, 1918 For students of the social sciences the word of the hour is Reconstruction. The problems of the present are those of; but the war, at least to America and her allies, is a war. for an abiding peace. No matter how great may be the victory, it will be defeat to the best hopes of humanity if the conditions that have fruited in this war be left unchanged. In no small part those conditions are social. Their reform calls for the best effort of us all. Though the end of the war may yet be far, there is no time to lose. Once before, a half-century ago at the end of a great war, that word Reconstruction was familiar to American ears; and even those who applaud on the whole the measures for which it stands are frank to deplore the errors of its haste. Happily today the wisest among us are already busy with the task. In these last months, while the members of our Institute were at work on their papers, a score of British thinkers, headed by an administrator so eminent as Earl Cromer, gave to the press a volume of studies on "After-War Problems." "In the hope," says the editor, Mr. William Harbutt Dawson, "of contributing toward the great task of after-war reconstruction this volume has been written." "We are told of what Germany is to be compelled to do, of the capitulations and penalties which are to be required of her as the price of peace; ... yet there are thousands of Englishmen, and they not the least patriotic, who are quite as eager to know what England herself is prepared to do in order to help in and sustain the coming reign of peace and goodwill." Has America less need for such a sequel of victory? And if the war end not in victory, but in a truce, her need will be the greater. For, if the war is to be fought over, the supreme aim must meanwhile be national efficiency. That efficiency cannot come from makeshifts. It will not come from adoption of the methods of autocracy. If democracy is to outlive autocracy, it can be only because her outcome proves itself a sounder national character, a truer national weal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, 1919, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint)

Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, 1919, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint)

Author: National Institute of Social Sciences

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-29

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9780332228914

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Excerpt from Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, 1919, Vol. 5 After a time, for reasons that are Obvious to all to-day, the disadvantages of various forms of competition between these private companies showed themselves and the small lines began to amalgamate and form larger groups, until before long in many countries, instead Of private competition between separate railways, a condition supervened more and more approaching a series of private monopolies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


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Download or read book Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, 1919, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint) written by National Institute of Social Sciences and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-29 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, 1919, Vol. 5 After a time, for reasons that are Obvious to all to-day, the disadvantages of various forms of competition between these private companies showed themselves and the small lines began to amalgamate and form larger groups, until before long in many countries, instead Of private competition between separate railways, a condition supervened more and more approaching a series of private monopolies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

Author: National Institute of Social Sciences

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-10

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 9780428774844

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Excerpt from Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, Vol. 3 We have long suffered, especially in America, from the lack of great, scientifically conducted reform movements. On the one hand, the scientific world has too often maintained the academic attitude of aloofness from public affairs, while, on the other hand, unscientific nostrums have been proposed and employed, often aggravating the social diseases they were warranted to cure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


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Download or read book Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) written by National Institute of Social Sciences and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-10 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences, Vol. 3 We have long suffered, especially in America, from the lack of great, scientifically conducted reform movements. On the one hand, the scientific world has too often maintained the academic attitude of aloofness from public affairs, while, on the other hand, unscientific nostrums have been proposed and employed, often aggravating the social diseases they were warranted to cure. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences Founded in 1912, Vol. 1

Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences Founded in 1912, Vol. 1

Author: National Institute of Social Sciences

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-16

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780483196995

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Excerpt from Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences Founded in 1912, Vol. 1: Under the Chapter of the American Social Science Association The Character of the articles which will appear in this number and the standing and reputation of its contributors stand in no need of introduction or explanation. Still more significant, as defining the aim of the Institute, are the brief reports of some Of the ways in which its mem bers are serving the commonwealth. Moral conservation in many forms, large provision for the needs and protection of foreigners, the protection of animals, scientific investigation aimed at the prevention and extirpation of disease, organized efforts to care for the sick and unfortunate, movements for civic betterment and to awaken a deeper sense of the duty of the citizen to the community, the forming of art alliances to bring art within the aim of the people of the country and to stimulate its production by making work of a high order accessible and by encouraging American workers in a field capable of immense development and service in this country: - these are some of the forms Of service of the nation con ducted or aided by members of the Institute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


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Download or read book Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences Founded in 1912, Vol. 1 written by National Institute of Social Sciences and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences Founded in 1912, Vol. 1: Under the Chapter of the American Social Science Association The Character of the articles which will appear in this number and the standing and reputation of its contributors stand in no need of introduction or explanation. Still more significant, as defining the aim of the Institute, are the brief reports of some Of the ways in which its mem bers are serving the commonwealth. Moral conservation in many forms, large provision for the needs and protection of foreigners, the protection of animals, scientific investigation aimed at the prevention and extirpation of disease, organized efforts to care for the sick and unfortunate, movements for civic betterment and to awaken a deeper sense of the duty of the citizen to the community, the forming of art alliances to bring art within the aim of the people of the country and to stimulate its production by making work of a high order accessible and by encouraging American workers in a field capable of immense development and service in this country: - these are some of the forms Of service of the nation con ducted or aided by members of the Institute. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences

Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences

Author: National Institute of Social Sciences (U

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-23

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781358866913

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


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Download or read book Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences written by National Institute of Social Sciences (U and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences

Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences

Author: National Institute of Social Sciences (U

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2016-05-17

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9781356806065

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


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Download or read book Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences written by National Institute of Social Sciences (U and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences

Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences

Author: N. Institute of Social Sciences (U S. ).

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2019-02-28

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780526233267

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


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Download or read book Journal of the National Institute of Social Sciences written by N. Institute of Social Sciences (U S. ). and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Iowa Alumnus

The Iowa Alumnus

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Published: 1920

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13:

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In Twilight and in Dawn

In Twilight and in Dawn

Author: Barnett Richling

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2012-10-01

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 0773587055

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When New Zealand-born and Oxford-educated anthropologist Diamond Jenness set aside hopes of building a career in the South Pacific to join Vilhjalmur Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition, he had little idea of what lay ahead. But Jenness thrived under the duress of that transformational experience: the groundbreaking ethnographic work he accomplished, recounted in People of the Twilight and in Dawn in Arctic Alaska, proved to be a lasting contribution to twentieth-century anthropology, and the foundation of a career he would devote to researching Canada's first peoples. Barnett Richling draws upon a wealth of documentary sources to shed light on Jenness's tenure with the Anthropological Division of the National Museum of Canada - a forerunner of the Canadian Museum of Civilization - during which his investigations took him beyond the Arctic to seven First Nations communities from Georgian Bay to British Columbia's interior. Jenness was renowned as a pre-eminent scholar of Inuit culture, but he also stood out for the contributions his field work made to linguistics, ethnology, material culture, and Northern archaeology. His story is also an institutional one: Jenness worked as a public servant at a time when the federal government spearheaded anthropological research, although his abiding commitment to the first peoples of his adopted homeland placed him at odds with Ottawa's approach to aboriginal affairs. In Twilight and in Dawn is an exploration of one man's life in anthropology, and of the conditions - at the museum, on the reserves, in society's mainstream, and in the world at large - that inspired and shaped Jenness's contributions to science, to his profession, and to public life. An informative study of the evolution of a discipline focused through the life of one of its leading practitioners, In Twilight and in Dawn is an illuminating look at anthropological thought and practice in Canada during the first half of the twentieth century.


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Download or read book In Twilight and in Dawn written by Barnett Richling and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When New Zealand-born and Oxford-educated anthropologist Diamond Jenness set aside hopes of building a career in the South Pacific to join Vilhjalmur Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition, he had little idea of what lay ahead. But Jenness thrived under the duress of that transformational experience: the groundbreaking ethnographic work he accomplished, recounted in People of the Twilight and in Dawn in Arctic Alaska, proved to be a lasting contribution to twentieth-century anthropology, and the foundation of a career he would devote to researching Canada's first peoples. Barnett Richling draws upon a wealth of documentary sources to shed light on Jenness's tenure with the Anthropological Division of the National Museum of Canada - a forerunner of the Canadian Museum of Civilization - during which his investigations took him beyond the Arctic to seven First Nations communities from Georgian Bay to British Columbia's interior. Jenness was renowned as a pre-eminent scholar of Inuit culture, but he also stood out for the contributions his field work made to linguistics, ethnology, material culture, and Northern archaeology. His story is also an institutional one: Jenness worked as a public servant at a time when the federal government spearheaded anthropological research, although his abiding commitment to the first peoples of his adopted homeland placed him at odds with Ottawa's approach to aboriginal affairs. In Twilight and in Dawn is an exploration of one man's life in anthropology, and of the conditions - at the museum, on the reserves, in society's mainstream, and in the world at large - that inspired and shaped Jenness's contributions to science, to his profession, and to public life. An informative study of the evolution of a discipline focused through the life of one of its leading practitioners, In Twilight and in Dawn is an illuminating look at anthropological thought and practice in Canada during the first half of the twentieth century.