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This early work by Franz Boas was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Half a Man' is an anthropological work on the status of black people in society. Franz Boas was born on July 9th 1958, in Minden, Westphalia. Even though Boas had a passion the natural sciences, he enrolled at the University at Kiel as an undergraduate in Physics. Boas completed his degree with a dissertation on the optical properties of water, before continuing his studies and receiving his doctorate in 1881. Boas became a professor of Anthropology at Columbia University in 1899 and founded the first Ph.D program in anthropology in America. He was also a leading figure in the creation of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). Franz Boas had a long career and a great impact on many areas of study. He died on 21st December 1942.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Anthropology

• Full title: Half a Man
• Author: Franz Boas, Mary White Ovington
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206
• EAN: 9781473309463
• ISBN: 1473309468
• ID: 12204042
• Publisher: Read Books
• Weight: 268 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 11 mm
• Date of publishing: 10. July 2013

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