Lev Shternberg anthropologist, Russian socialist, Jewish activist /

This intellectual biography of Lev Shternberg (1861-1927) illuminates the development of professional anthropology in late imperial and early Soviet Russia. Shortly after the formation of the Soviet Union the government initiated a detailed ethnographic survey of the country's peoples. Lev Shte...

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Main Author: Kan, Sergei.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2009.
Series:Critical studies in the history of anthropology.
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