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The Resource Franz Boas, Shaping anthropology and fostering social justice, Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt

Franz Boas, Shaping anthropology and fostering social justice, Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt

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  • "The magisterial biography of Franz Boas and his influence in shaping not only anthropology but also the sciences, humanities, and social science, the visual and performing arts, and America's public sphere during a period of global upheaval and social struggle"--
  • "Franz Boas defined the concept of cultural relativism and reoriented the humanities and social sciences away from race science toward an antiracist and anticolonialist understanding of human biology and culture. Franz Boas: Shaping Anthropology and Fostering Social Justice is the second volume in Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt's two-part biography of the renowned anthropologist and public intellectual. Zumwalt takes the reader through the most vital period in the development of Americanist anthropology and Boas's rise to dominance in the subfields of cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, ethnography, and linguistics. Boas's emergence as a prominent public intellectual, particularly his opposition to U.S. entry into World War I, reveals his struggle against the forces of nativism, racial hatred, ethnic chauvinism, scientific racism, and uncritical nationalism. Boas was instrumental in the American cultural renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s, training students and influencing colleagues such as Melville Herskovits, Zora Neale Hurston, Benjamin Botkin, Alan Lomax, Langston Hughes, and others involved in combating racism and the flourishing Harlem Renaissance. He assisted German and European émigré intellectuals fleeing Nazi Germany to relocate in the United States and was instrumental in organizing the denunciation of Nazi racial science and American eugenics. At the end of his career Boas guided a network of former student anthropologists, who spread across the country to university departments, museums, and government agencies, imprinting his social science more broadly in the world of learned knowledge.Franz Boas is a magisterial biography of Franz Boas and his influence in shaping not only anthropology but also the sciences, humanities, social science, visual and performing arts, and America's public sphere during a period of great global upheaval and democratic and social struggle. "--
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eng
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li, 574 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Series Editors' Introduction
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Note on Translations
  • 1. Building the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University
  • 2. Franz Boas and His Early Students, 1901-1915
  • 3. Race and the Quest for Social Justice
  • 4. Folklore and Ruins in Mexico and Puerto Rico
  • 5. Conflict, War, and Censure
  • 6. Preponderance of Women Students
  • 7. Loss and Loneliness
  • 8. The Last Cohort of Boas's Students
  • 9. Rescuing Scientists
  • 10. After Retirement
  • Appendix: Tribal and Historical Designations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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9781496216915
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Franz Boas, Shaping anthropology and fostering social justice
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Franz Boas
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Shaping anthropology and fostering social justice
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Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt
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Shaping anthropology and fostering social justice
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eng
Summary
  • "The magisterial biography of Franz Boas and his influence in shaping not only anthropology but also the sciences, humanities, and social science, the visual and performing arts, and America's public sphere during a period of global upheaval and social struggle"--
  • "Franz Boas defined the concept of cultural relativism and reoriented the humanities and social sciences away from race science toward an antiracist and anticolonialist understanding of human biology and culture. Franz Boas: Shaping Anthropology and Fostering Social Justice is the second volume in Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt's two-part biography of the renowned anthropologist and public intellectual. Zumwalt takes the reader through the most vital period in the development of Americanist anthropology and Boas's rise to dominance in the subfields of cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, ethnography, and linguistics. Boas's emergence as a prominent public intellectual, particularly his opposition to U.S. entry into World War I, reveals his struggle against the forces of nativism, racial hatred, ethnic chauvinism, scientific racism, and uncritical nationalism. Boas was instrumental in the American cultural renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s, training students and influencing colleagues such as Melville Herskovits, Zora Neale Hurston, Benjamin Botkin, Alan Lomax, Langston Hughes, and others involved in combating racism and the flourishing Harlem Renaissance. He assisted German and European émigré intellectuals fleeing Nazi Germany to relocate in the United States and was instrumental in organizing the denunciation of Nazi racial science and American eugenics. At the end of his career Boas guided a network of former student anthropologists, who spread across the country to university departments, museums, and government agencies, imprinting his social science more broadly in the world of learned knowledge.Franz Boas is a magisterial biography of Franz Boas and his influence in shaping not only anthropology but also the sciences, humanities, social science, visual and performing arts, and America's public sphere during a period of great global upheaval and democratic and social struggle. "--
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1944-
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Zumwalt, Rosemary Lévy
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  • plates
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index present
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non fiction
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bibliography
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Critical studies in the history of anthropology
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  • Boas, Franz
  • Cultural relativism
  • Anti-racism
  • Anthropology
  • Anthropologists
  • Anthropologists
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Franz Boas, Shaping anthropology and fostering social justice, Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents
List of Illustrations -- Series Editors' Introduction -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Note on Translations -- 1. Building the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University -- 2. Franz Boas and His Early Students, 1901-1915 -- 3. Race and the Quest for Social Justice -- 4. Folklore and Ruins in Mexico and Puerto Rico -- 5. Conflict, War, and Censure -- 6. Preponderance of Women Students -- 7. Loss and Loneliness -- 8. The Last Cohort of Boas's Students -- 9. Rescuing Scientists -- 10. After Retirement -- Appendix: Tribal and Historical Designations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index --
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on1312736764
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
li, 574 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781496216915
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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illustrations
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(OCoLC)1312736764
Label
Franz Boas, Shaping anthropology and fostering social justice, Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
List of Illustrations -- Series Editors' Introduction -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Note on Translations -- 1. Building the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University -- 2. Franz Boas and His Early Students, 1901-1915 -- 3. Race and the Quest for Social Justice -- 4. Folklore and Ruins in Mexico and Puerto Rico -- 5. Conflict, War, and Censure -- 6. Preponderance of Women Students -- 7. Loss and Loneliness -- 8. The Last Cohort of Boas's Students -- 9. Rescuing Scientists -- 10. After Retirement -- Appendix: Tribal and Historical Designations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index --
Control code
on1312736764
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
li, 574 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781496216915
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1312736764

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