One of the earliest studies of the relationship between race and culture which comprehensively presents known facts rather than implications of superiority and inferiority. The first edition of the book appeared in 1911, and went through several printings before Boas revised it, as he said, to take into account of the findings of research carried on since the book was initially written. His conclusions, were 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. The concept of racial type as commonly used even in scientific literature is misleading and requires a logical as well as biological definition."
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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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A SURVEY OF OUR GLOBE shows the continents inhabited by a great diversity of peoples different in appearance, different in language and in cultural life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fraternal variability, head index, racial descent, cephalic index, anatomical form Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Old World, South America, North America, African Negroes, American Indians, South Africa, United States, North Africa, Pacific Ocean, Vancouver Island, Indian Ocean, Central Italians, East European Jews, Eugen Fischer, New Guinea, Blue Ridge Whites, New World, North German New!
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New York, Old World, South America, North America, African Negroes, American Indians, South Africa, United States, North Africa, Pacific Ocean, Vancouver Island, Indian Ocean, Central Italians, East European Jews, Eugen Fischer, New Guinea, Blue Ridge Whites, New World, North German New!
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- Anthropology and Modern Life by Franz Boas in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- The American Negro by Melville J. Herskovits on page 241, and Back Matter
- Handbook Of American Indian Languages (History Of American Thought) by Franz Boas in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Culture in Mind: Cognition, Culture, and the Problem of Meaning by Bradd Shore on 4 pages
- Why America's Top Pundits Are Wrong: Anthropologists Talk Back (California Series in Public Anthropology) by Catherine Besteman on 4 pages
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