"If there is nothing beyond the organic..." : HHeredity and culture at the boundaries of anthropology in the work of Alfred L. Kroeber

NTM International Journal of History and Ethics of Natural Sciences, Technology and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-133

  Kronfeldner, Maria E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alfred L. Kroeber; Cultural anthropology; Culture; Franz Boas; Hard inheritance; Heredity; Superorganic

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEREDITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; HEREDITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649849632     PISSN: 00366978     EISSN: 14209144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00048-009-0333-6     Document Type: Article

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