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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
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Great anthropologist’s classic treatise on race and culture. Biological and cultural inheritance; fallacy of racial, cultural or ethnic superiority; scientific basis for human individuality, much more. One of the most influential books of the century, now in inexpensive paperback. Introduction by Ruth Bunzel.
“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.”–
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Great anthropologist’s classic treatise on race and culture. Biological and cultural inheritance; fallacy of racial, cultural or ethnic superiority; scientific basis for human individuality, much more. One of the most influential books of the century, now in inexpensive paperback. Introduction by Ruth Bunzel.
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- Rethinking Race: Franz Boas and His Contemporaries by Vernon J. Williams Jr. on page 35, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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