The mind of primitive man : a course of lectures delivered before the Lowell Institute, Boston, Mass., and the National University of Mexico, 1910-1911
Franz Boas (Author)
A course of lectures delivered before the Lowell Institute, Boston, Mass., and the National University of Mexico, 1910-1911. This landmark collection of lectures reflect Franz Boas's theories that previous studies of societies--based on criteria of Western observers--were largely subjective; each society and culture is the result of unique historical developments. He also believed there was no such thing as a "pure" race or a superior one
Print Book, English, 1911
Macmillan Company, New York, 1911