Cora Du Bois: Anthropologist, Diplomat, Agent

by Susan C. Seymour

Although Cora Du Bois began her life in the early twentieth century as a lonely and awkward girl, her intellect and curiosity propelled her into a remarkable life as an anthropologist and diplomat in the vanguard of social and academic change. Du Bois studied with Franz Boas, a founder of American anthropology, and with some of his most eminent students: Ruth Benedict, Alfred Kroeber, and Robert Lowie. During World War II, she served as a high-ranking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803262957
• ISBN13: 9780803262959
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"