A Franz Boas Reader: The Shaping of American Anthropology, 1883-1911

by Boas, Franz
ISBN: 9780226062433
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"The Shaping of American Anthropology is a book which is outstanding in many respects. Stocking is probably the leading authority on Franz Boas; he understands Boas's contributions to American anthropology, as well as anthropology in general, very well. . . . He is, in a word, the foremost historian of anthropology in the world today. . . . The reader is both a collection of Boas's papers and a solid 23-page introduction to giving the background and basic assumptions of Boasian anthropology."-David Schneider, University of Chicago

"While Stocking has not attempted to present a person biography, nevertheless Boas's personal characteristics emerge not only in his scholarly essays, but perhaps more vividly in his personal correspondence. . . . Stocking is to be commended for collecting this material together in a most interesting and enjoyable reader."-Gustav Thaiss, American Anthropologist

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Boas, Franz
  • ISBN: 9780226062433
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.01 x 0.75
  • Number Of Pages: 368
  • Publication Year: 1989