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This is the magisterial biography of Franz Boas and his influence in shaping not only anthropology but also the sciences, humanities, and social science, the visual and performing arts, and America’s public sphere during a period of global upheaval and social struggle.
Sommario
List of Illustrations
Series Editors’ Introduction
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Note on Translations
1. Building the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University
2. Franz Boas and His Early Students, 1901–1915
3. Race and the Quest for Social Justice
4. Folklore and Ruins in Mexico and Puerto Rico
5. Conflict, War, and Censure
6. Preponderance of Women Students
7. Loss and Loneliness
8. The Last Cohort of Boas’s Students
9. Rescuing Scientists
10. After Retirement
Appendix: Tribal and Historical Designations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Info autore
Rosemary LÉvy Zumwalt is emerita vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college and professor emerita of anthropology at Agnes Scott College. She is the author of numerous books, including
Franz Boas: The Emergence of the Anthropologist (Nebraska, 2019) and
American Folklore Scholarship: A Dialogue of Dissent, and is coauthor of
Franz Boas and W. E. B. Du Bois at Atlanta University, 1906.
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This is the magisterial biography of Franz Boas and his influence in shaping not only anthropology but also the sciences, humanities, and social science, the visual and performing arts, and America's public sphere during a period of global upheaval and social struggle.
