Applied Anthropology in 1860
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2497360 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H G Barnett (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1942 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 19-32 |
| Publication date | 1942-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.1.3.u804t80u7835ln11 |
| OpenAlex | W2021568007 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Much has been written of William Duncan, "the Apostle of Alaska", who came to the coast of northern British Columbia in 1857 as a missionary to the Tsimshian Indians. Although he deplored it, in the course of his sixty years' residence in this area controversy raged around him as a result of his clashes with church and state, and his work has been the subject of numerous investigations, both public and private. His enemies have called him a tyrant and a ruthless exploiter of the Indians under his control; and there are men still living who find a disproportionate amount of evil in the good that he did, especially during the declining years of his long life. On the other hand, he has had ardent and articulate supporters who have written numerous articles and no less than three books in praise of his self-sacrificing ideals and the soundness of his program for civilizing the Indian
Apostle · Art · Ethnology · History of anthropology · Literature · Political science · Praise · Residence · Sociology · State (computer science · Subject (documents · Anthropology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Demography · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2021 (39) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |