Franz Boas
Franz Uri 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".
Literature
Books by Boas
- The Measurement of Differences Between Variable Quantities, New York: The Science Press, 1906.
- The Mind of Primitive Man, 1911, 1938.
- Primitive Art, 1927.
- Anthropology and Modern Life, 1928; new edition, 2004.
- Race, Language, and Culture, 1940.
- Race and Democratic Society, New York: Augustin, 1945.
Books on Boas
- George W. Stocking, Jr., (editor), A Franz Boas Reader: The Shaping of American Anthropology, 1883–1911, 1974.