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Blumenfeld Press
Half a Man - The Status of the Negro in New York - With a Forword by Franz Boas
Product Code:
9781473309463
ISBN13:
9781473309463
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$25.72
Half a Man - The Status of the Negro in New York - With a Forword by Franz Boas
$25.72
This early work by Franz Boas was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Half a Man' is an anthropological work on the status of black people in society. Franz Boas was born on July 9th 1958, in Minden, Westphalia. Even though Boas had a passion the natural sciences, he enrolled at the University at Kiel as an undergraduate in Physics. Boas completed his degree with a dissertation on the optical properties of water, before continuing his studies and receiving his doctorate in 1881. Boas became a professor of Anthropology at Columbia University in 1899 and founded the first Ph.D program in anthropology in America. He was also a leading figure in the creation of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). Franz Boas had a long career and a great impact on many areas of study. He died on 21st December 1942.
| Author: Franz Boas |
| Publisher: Blumenfeld Press |
| Publication Date: Jul 15, 2013 |
| Number of Pages: 206 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1473309468 |
| ISBN-13: 9781473309463 |
