Franz Boas: The Early Years, 1859-1906
- ISBN-10
- 0295979038
- ISBN-13
- 9780295979038
- Series
- Franz Boas
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 360
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre ; Seattle : University of Washington Press
- Author
- Douglas Cole
Description
The Boas family's lifelong habit of writing frequent, frank, and informative letters allows a rich and intimate look at Boas's childhood, family, schooling, and marriage, as well as his early expeditions among the Central Eskimo and Northwest Coast Indians and his struggle to establish a position for himself in American anthropology."--Jacket.
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