Franz Boas : the emergence of the anthropologist /

Zumwalt, Rosemary Lévy, 1944-

Franz Boas : the emergence of the anthropologist / Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource. - Critical studies in the history of anthropology .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.



9781496217479 9781496217455


Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.


Anthropologists--Germany--Biography.
Anthropologists--United States--Biography.
Racism in anthropology.


Electronic Books.

GN21 / .F736 2019