A compelling history of the German ethnologists who were inspired by Prussian polymath and explorer Alexander von HumboldtThe Berlin Ethnological Museum is one of the world's largest and most important anthropological museums, housing more than a half million objects collected from around the globe. In Humboldt's Shadow tells the story of the G
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In his excellent book entitled In Humboldt’s Shadow, H. Glenn Penny offers a compelling tale about the efforts of German ethnologists who were convinced of the Prussian
polymath Alexander von Humboldt’s vision that the natural sciences were the means
to understand the total history of humanity.
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---Ambika Natarajan, German Studies Review
