Empire and Eduards Volters
The Ethnography of Lithuanians and Latvians, 1882-1941
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2026
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-83695-452-1 (ISBN)
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Eduards Volters was a linguist, ethnographer, and archeologist with the Russian Imperial Geographical Society, and considered 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.
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.
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.
Vida Savoniakaitė is Head of Department of Ethnology and Anthropology and Senior Research Fellow at the Lithuanian Institute of History. Recent publications include the edited volume on the history of anthropology, Lietuvos etnologija (2022).
List of Figures
Preface
Note on Text: Biography of Eduards Volters
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Empire: The Perspectives of Race and Nation
Chapter 2. Latvian Ethnography
Chapter 3. An Ethnographic Journey through Lithuania
Chapter 4. Ethnographic Statistics
Chapter 5. Regional Studies
Chapter 6. Lithuania’s Ethnographic Statistical Studies
Chapter 7. Legacy
Conclusion
References
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.4.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Methodology & History in Anthropology ; 55 |
| Zusatzinfo | Bibliography; Index |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-83695-452-2 / 1836954522 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-83695-452-1 / 9781836954521 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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