ISBN:
9781496215543
Language:
English
Pages:
xxi, 417 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
,
illustrations, portraits
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Critical studies in the history of anthropology
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Boas, Franz
;
Boas, Franz / 1858-1942
;
Boas, Franz / 1858-1942
;
Anthropologists / Germany / Biography
;
Anthropologists / United States / Biography
;
Racism in anthropology
;
Anthropology / History / 19th century
;
Anthropology / History / 20th century
;
Anthropologists
;
Racism in anthropology
;
Germany
;
United States
;
Biographies
;
Biografie
;
Biografie
;
Biografie
;
Biografie
;
Biografie
;
Boas, Franz 1858-1942
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Ardently desired boy : young Boas and his family -- 2. Student life into its deepest depths : Boas at university -- 3. In heaven, in love, and separation : preparing for the Arctic voyage -- 4. Creating a future for us : to Baffin Land and back -- 5. Divided desires : pulled between New York and Germany -- 6. West to the Indians : Northwest Coast fieldwork, employment by science, and marriage -- 7. All our hopes come to such a disgrace : Boas at Clark University -- 8. The World's Columbian Exposition : Boas and Frederic Ward Putnam -- 9. Your orphan boy : struggling to find a place -- 10. The greatest undertaking of its kind : the Jesup North Pacific Expedition -- 11. Taking hold in New York : from the AMNH to Columbia University
Note:
First of two volumes. Volume 2 (forthcoming) subtitled: Shaping anthropology and working for social justice. (Series editors' introduction)
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