Franz Boas out of the Ivory Tower

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-51

  Baker, Lee D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Franz Boas; History of anthropology; Public intellectual; White supremacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751550419     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499604040846     Document Type: Article

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