Lev Shternberg: Anthropologist, Russian Socialist, Jewish Activist (Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology Series)

by SergeiA.Kan (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2009

  $99.28

  This intellectual biography of Lev Shternberg (1861-1927) illuminates the development of professional anthropology in late imperial and early Soviet Russia. This in-depth biography explores the scholarly and political aspects of Shternberg's life and how they influenced each other. It also places his career in both national and international perspectives.