Boas Publishes The Mind of Primitive Man
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Science, Social Science
- Subcategories: Scientists, Anthropology, Anthropologists
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: New York
- Date: 1911
Article abstract: Boas published his views on human variation, laying the conceptual foundations of modern cultural anthropology.
Summary of Event
In the contemporary world, the use of the word “culture” to indicate customs, beliefs, and material factors that characterize the life of particular social groups is so widespread that it is difficult to imagine that it has a short history: It was first developed by Franz Boas at the beginning of the century, it was presented in his book The Mind of Primitive Man (1911), and it was popularized...
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