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Publication Date: February 1, 1987

The great anthropologist's classic treatise on race and culture. Discusses biological and cultural inheritance, the fallacy of racial, cultural or ethnic superiority, the scientific basis for human individuality, and much more. One of the most influential books of the century, now in a value-priced edition. Introduction by Ruth Bunzel.

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“In the compass of this short volume Franz Boas accomplishes the annihilation of the bases of almost all the prejudices and passions on which modern society rests, and arrives by the least spectacular kind of reasoning at revolutionary and yet strangely hopeful conclusions.”–Nation --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Herbert S. Lewis is professor of anthropology emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of numerous books including After the Eagles Landed: The Yemenites of Israel and A Galla Monarchy: Jimma Abba Jifar, Ethiopia, 1830-1932.

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Paperback: 255 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications (February 1, 1987)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486252450
ISBN-13: 978-0486252452
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
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