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The Aborigines of Tasmania is a book that was written by anthropologist Henry Ling Roth in 1890. It provides a comprehensive account of the life and culture of the Tasmanian Aborigines. Roth's book is valuable for the 'vocabularies' included in his appendices, which include descriptions of the Tasmanians' mannerisms, psychology, origin, and language. The 1899 edition of the book (225 copies) revises and expands the first edition, adding photographs to the first edition's illustrations as well as new appendices.
First published in 1890 in a run of just 200 copies, anthropologist Henry Ling Roth's The Aborigines of Tasmania provides a comprehensive account of native Tasmanians' life and culture. Roth, writing in the wake of the Tasmanian Aborigines' extinction, produces 'an approach to absolute completeness' that relies on the accounts of the explorers, colonisers, and anthropologists who preceded him. His work covers an exhaustive range of detail, from the Tasmanians' mannerisms to their psychology, origin, and language. Compiling his predecessors' observations and arguments, Roth often sets opinions in opposition to highlight the lack of consensus amongst those who encountered the Tasmanians. Roth's book is additionally valuable for the 'vocabularies' included in his appendices. The 1899 edition (225 copies) revises and expands the first, adding photographs to the first edition's illustrations as well as new appendices. It made an innovative and lasting contribution to an established research tradition.
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