Eduards Volters was a Latvian linguist, renowned early ethnographer, and archeologist with the Russian Imperial Geographical Society. He studied the Lithuanians and Latvians in the Northwest Krai of the Russian Empire and Lithuania from 1882 to 1941. As Volters began his research at a time when the printing of Lithuanian and Latgalian publications in the Latin alphabet was forbidden, this book aims to uncover his role as one of the founders of literate Lithuanian and Latvian communities. This study compares various historical and theoretical contexts in anthropology and decolonization to reveal how Volters reconciled his ethnographic work within the political goals of the empire.
| ISBN: | 9781836954521 |
| Publication date: | 1st April 2026 |
| Author: | Vida Savoniakaite |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 236 pages |
| Series: | Methodology & History in Anthropology |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology Biography: philosophy and social sciences |
Eduards Volters was a Latvian linguist, renowned early ethnographer, and archeologist with the Russian Imperial Geographical Society. He studied the Lithuanians and Latvians in the Northwest Krai of the Russian Empire and Lithuania from 1882 to 1941. As Volters began his research at a time when the printing of Lithuanian and Latgalian publications in the Latin alphabet was forbidden, this book aims to uncover his role as one of the founders of literate Lithuanian and Latvian communities. This study compares various historical and theoretical contexts in anthropology and decolonization to reveal how Volters reconciled his ethnographic work within the political goals of the empire.
Empire and Eduards Volters features in the following genres: Social and cultural anthropology, Biography: philosophy and social sciences
Empire and Eduards Volters is available in Hardback
Empire and Eduards Volters was written by Vida Savoniakaite and published by Berghahn Books
Empire and Eduards Volters has 236 pages
Yes it is part of Methodology & History in Anthropology series
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