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Synopsis
This classic study of the relationship between race and culture holds an important place in current scientific literature. For not until its publication were scientists who refused to accept theories of racial superiority and inferiority able to point to a single comprehensive work in which data were presented in terms of wider implications and known facts marshaled to answer disputed questions. The author insists that there is no fundamental difference in the ways of thinking of primitive and civilized man. A close connection between race and personality has never been established.
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About the Author
Franz Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942) was a German American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". Like many such pioneers, he trained in other disciplines; he received his doctorate in physics, and did post-doctoral work in geography. He is famed for applying the scientific method to the study of human cultures and societies, a field, which was previously based on the formulation of grand theories around anecdotal knowledge.
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- PublisherFree Pr
- Publication date1965
- ISBN 10 0029045002
- ISBN 13 9780029045008
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages254
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