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Franz Boas : the emergence of the anthropologist / Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt.

Author/creator Zumwalt, Rosemary Lévy, 1944- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Copyright Notice ©2019
Descriptionxxi, 417 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology
Critical studies in the history of anthropology. ^A561801
Contents 1. Ardently desired boy : young Boas and his family -- 2. Student life into its deepest depths : Boas at university -- 3. In heaven, in love, and separation : preparing for the Arctic voyage -- 4. Creating a future for us : to Baffin Land and back -- 5. Divided desires : pulled between New York and Germany -- 6. West to the Indians : Northwest Coast fieldwork, employment by science, and marriage -- 7. All our hopes come to such a disgrace : Boas at Clark University -- 8. The World's Columbian Exposition : Boas and Frederic Ward Putnam -- 9. Your orphan boy : struggling to find a place -- 10. The greatest undertaking of its kind : the Jesup North Pacific Expedition -- 11. Taking hold in New York : from the AMNH to Columbia University.
General noteFirst of two volumes. Volume 2 (forthcoming) subtitled: Shaping anthropology and working for social justice. (Series editors' introduction)
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 331-394) and index.
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2019004038
ISBN9781496215543 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1496215540
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