An edition of The shaping of American anthropology, 1883-1911: a Franz Boas reader.
(1974)
The shaping of American anthropology, 1883-1911
a Franz Boas reader.
by Franz Boas
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The shaping of American anthropology, 1883-1911: a Franz Boas reader.
1974, Basic Books
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Table of Contents
Introduction : the basic assumptions of Boasian anthropology
The background of Boas’ anthropology. The history of anthropology
Rudolf Virchow’s anthropological work
“The background of my early thinking”
Psychic life from a mechanistic viewpoint
A year among the Eskimo
Basic anthropological viewpoints. From geographical surroundings to historical facts
The principles of ethnological classification
The aims of ethnology
On alternating sounds
Remarks on the theory of anthropometry
The pattern of Boas’ fieldwork. From the Eskimo to Vancouver Island
Fieldwork for the British association, 1888-1897
The Jesup North Pacific expedition
Kathlamet texts
The documentary function of the text
A truthful picture for future times
“That book contains my speech”
Folklore and the critique of evolutionism. Tylor’s “adhesions” and the distribution of myth-elements
The mythologies of the Indians
The mythology of the Belle Coola Indians
The analytical study of language. Classification of the languages of the North Pacific Coast
A handbook of North American languages
Sketch of the kwakiutl language
A purely analytical study of language
The relation of Tlingit and Athapascan
The speech mannerisms of social groups
Some philological aspects of anthropological research
The critique of formalism in physical anthropology. The anthropology of the North American Indian
Changes in immigrant body form
Instability of human types
Racial capacity and cultural determinism. Human faculty as determined by race
Psychological problems in anthropology
Anthropological overviews. The religion of American Indians
Anthropology
The propagation of anthropology. The Boas plan for American anthropology
Anthropological instruction in Columbia University
Boas’ graduate seminar
A plea for a great oriental school
The educational functions of anthropological museums
Plans for research in Central and South America
A residue of bitterness
Anthropology and society. The outlook for the American negro
Changing the racial attitudes of white Americans
Race problems in America
American nationalism and World War I
A protest vote for the socialist party
Scientists as spies
Freedom to teach.
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. 341-348.
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