Franz Boas: the emergence of the anthropologist 9781496215543, 9781496217455, 9781496217462, 9781496217479, 1496215540

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English Pages xxi, 417 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm Year 2019

Franz Boas: the emergence of the anthropologist
9781496215543, 9781496217455, 9781496217462, 9781496217479, 1496215540

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Germany;Boas
Franz;Zumwalt
Rosemary Lévy

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.

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