A Maverick Boasian: The Life and Work of Alexander A. Goldenweiser

by Sergei Kan

A Maverick Boasian explores the often contradictory life of Alexander Goldenweiser (1880-1940), a scholar considered by his contemporaries to be Franz Boas's most brilliant and most favored student. The story of his life and scholarship is complex and exciting as well as frustrating. Although Goldenweiser came to the United States from Russia as a young man, he spent the next forty years thinking of himself as a European intellectual who never...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496233484
• ISBN13: 9781496233486
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"