A Few Fabulous Fragments
Historical Methods in James P. Howley’s The Beothucks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7793384 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeff A Webb, Jeff Webb (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 101 |
| Pages | 89-111 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Histoire sociale (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2257 • E-ISSN: 1918-6576 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/his.2017.0005 |
| OpenAlex | W2729167183 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
Since it was published in 1915, James Howley’s The Beothucks has been an essential source for historians and novelists alike. Howley’s training as a geologist and surveyor shaped his scholarship. Rather than seeing his book as a history of the Beothuk, he saw it as preserving the memory of the Indigenous people of the island of Newfoundland. He deferred to philologists and ethnographers on issues of theory and most effectively marshalled his critical sense when evaluating the oral testimony he collected. This reading of the book revisits the foundational text and shows the lasting legacy of Howley’s scientific method and cultural assumptions upon the historiography and popular culture of the Beothuk
Archaeology · Art history · Geologist · Historiography · Linguistics · Political science · Reading (process · Scholarship · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |