| A Franz Boas Reader: The Shaping of American Anthropology, 1883-1911 Contributor(s): Boas, Franz (Author), Stocking Jr, George W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226062430 ISBN-13: 9780226062433 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $45.54 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1989 Annotation: 'The Shaping of America Anthropology is a book which is outstanding in many respects. Stocking is probably the leading authority on Franz Boas; he understands Boas's contributions to American anthropology, as well as anthropology in general, very well...He is, in a word, the foremost historian of anthropology in the world today...The reader is both a collection of Boas's papers and a solid 23-page introduction giving the background and basic assumptions of Boasian anthropology.' |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science |
| Dewey: 301 |
| Series: Midway Reprints |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.02" W x 9.01" (1.00 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Shaping of American Anthropology is a book which is outstanding in many respects. Stocking is probably the leading authority on Franz Boas; he understands Boas's contributions to American anthropology, as well as anthropology in general, very well. . . . He is, in a word, the foremost historian of anthropology in the world today. . . . The reader is both a collection of Boas's papers and a solid 23-page introduction to giving the background and basic assumptions of Boasian anthropology.--David Schneider, University of Chicago While Stocking has not attempted to present a person biography, nevertheless Boas's personal characteristics emerge not only in his scholarly essays, but perhaps more vividly in his personal correspondence. . . . Stocking is to be commended for collecting this material together in a most interesting and enjoyable reader.--Gustav Thaiss, American Anthropologist |
