Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 334 pages
- Published by: Transaction Publishers December 1, 2003
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0765805359
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0765805355
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
- Weighs: 1 pounds
Product Review
“In the compass of this short volume Franz Boas accomplishes the annihilation of the bases of almost all the prejudices and passions on which modern society rests, and arrives by the least spectacular kind of reasoning at revolutionary and yet strangely hopeful conclusions.”–
Nation
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Product Description
The great anthropologist's classic treatise on race and culture. Discusses biological and cultural inheritance, the fallacy of racial, cultural or ethnic superiority, the scientific basis for human individuality, and much more. One of the most influential books of the century, now in a value-priced edition. Introduction by Ruth Bunzel.
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Anthropology and Modern Life (Paperback)
Key work to have in your library. One of the foundational works of American anthropology.