The Franz Boas Papers, Volume 1: Franz Boas as Public Intellectual--Theory, Ethnography, Activism

by Joshua Smith and Michelle A. Hamilton

This inaugural volume of The Franz Boas Papers Documentary Edition series presents current scholarship from the various academic disciplines that were shaped and continue to be influenced by Franz Boas (1858-1942). Few of Boas's intellectual progeny span the range of his disciplinary and public engagements. In his later career, Boas moved beyond Native American studies to become a public intellectual and advocate for social justice, particularly with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803269846
• ISBN13: 9780803269842
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.2" x 10.3"