{"product_id":"9780889225534","title":"Indian Myths \u0026 Legends from the North Pacific Coast of America","description":"Franz Boas (1858-1942), geographer, linguist, physical anthropologist and ethnologist, is considered the father of modern North American anthropology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 1895 German publication of \u003ci\u003eIndianische Sagen von der Nord-Pacifischen Küste Amerikas\u003c\/i\u003e gathered together in a single volume his earliest research in British Columbia, consisting of 250 B.C. First Nations myths and legends which had been previously serialized in German periodicals between 1891 and 1895.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1973, the B.C. Indian Language Project first commissioned this peer-reviewed translation from Dietrich Bertz of Victoria, who completed his revised draft in 1977, incorporating the introduction by Professor Claude Lévi-Strauss. Then began the Project’s immense task of researching, footnoting and annotating the text, which was to continue intermittently for over twenty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume of First Nations myths and legends is an extraordinarily important document in the history of North American anthropology.","brand":"Talonbooks, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033884836080,"sku":"9780889225534","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780889225534_p0.jpg?v=1763858368","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780889225534","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}