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Definition of Ethnography

1. Noun. The branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies.

Definition of Ethnography

1. n. That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptive ethnology. See Ethnology.

Definition of Ethnography

1. Noun. (anthropology) The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies. ¹

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Definition of Ethnography

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Medical Definition of Ethnography

1. That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptive ethnology. See Ethnology. Origin: Gr. Nation: cf. F. Ethnographie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Ethnography

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Mankind by Friedrich Ratzel (1896)
"THE TASK OF ethnography Geographical conceptions and historical considerations of which account has to be taken in dealing with our subject—Mankind a ..."

2. Head-hunters: Black, White, and Brown by Alfred Cort Haddon (1901)
"Fortunately Hose has made a prolonged and careful study of Bornean ethnography, and when his voluminous manuscripts are published we shall be in a much ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1895)
"The Protohistoric ethnography of Western Asia. By Daniel G. Brinton, ... Many of the most weighty problems in ethnography and in the history of civilization ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1868)
"On some Changes of Surface affecting Ancient ethnography*. By HH HOWORTH. First, that the rhetorical expression of •' the northern hive " is more than ever ..."

5. Two Lectures on the Connection Between the Biblical and Physical History of by Josiah Clark Nott (1849)
"Let us now take a glance at the physical history, or what may be termed the ethnography of the Bible. One or both of the following conclusions, we think, ..."

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