A Franz Boas Reader: The Shaping of American Anthropology, 1883-1911
"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 |
Contents
THE BASIC ASSUMPTIONS OF BOASIAN ANTHROPOLOGY
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1 |
THE BACKGROUND OF BOAS ANTHROPOLOGY
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21 |
BASIC ANTHROPOLOGICAL VIEWPOINTS
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57 |
THE PATTERN OF BOAS FIELDWORK
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83 |
FOLKLORE AND THE CRITIQUE OF EVOLUTIONISM
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129 |
THE ANALYTICAL STUDY OF LANGUAGE
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157 |
THE CRITIQUE OF FORMALISM IN PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
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189 |
RACIAL CAPACITY AND CULTURAL DETERMINISM
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219 |
ANTHROPOLOGICAL OVERVIEWS
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255 |
THE PROPAGATION OF ANTHROPOLOGY
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283 |
ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIETY
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307 |
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