Author:

Adams, William Y (William Yewdale) 1927-2019  Search this

Subject:

Boas, Franz 1858-1942  Search this

Physical description:

xi, 343 pages : portraits ; 23 cm

Type:

Biography

History

Place:

United States

Date:

2016

20th century

Notes:

ANTH copy Purchased from the Augustus and Deanne Miller Acquisitions Fund for the American Experience.

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Antecedents and circumstances -- 3. The founding grandfather Franz Boas, 1858-1942 -- 4. Clark Wissler, 1870-1947 -- 5. A. L. Kroeber, 1876-1960 -- 6. Robert H. Lowie, 1883-1957 -- 7. Edward Sapir, 1884-1939 -- 8. Paul Radin, 1883-1959 -- 9. Melville J. Herskovits, 1895-1963 -- 10. The journeymen : Frank G. Speck, 1881-1950, Alexander Goldenweiser, 1880-1940, Fay-Cooper Cole, 1881-1961, Leslie Spier, 1893-1961, Melville Jacobs, 1902-1971, Alexander Lesser, 1902-1982 -- 11. Elsie Clews Parsons, 1894-1941 -- 12. Ruth Benedict, 1887-1948 -- 13. Margaret Mead, 1901-1978 -- 14. The handmaidens : Gladys Reichard, 1893-1955, Erna Gunther, 1896-1982, Esther Goldfrank, 1896-1997, Ruth Bunzel, 1898-1990, Gene Weltfish, 1902-1980, Ruth Underhill, 1883-1984, Marian W. Smith, 1907-1961, Zora Neale Hurston, 1901(?)-1960 -- 15. Achievements and failures -- 16. The legacies

Topic:

Anthropologists  Search this

Anthropology--History  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

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