[DOWNLOAD] "Half a Man - The Status of the Negro in New York - With a Forword by Franz Boas" by Franz Boas & Mary White Ovington " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Half a Man - The Status of the Negro in New York - With a Forword by Franz Boas
- Author : Franz Boas & Mary White Ovington
- Release Date : January 15, 2016
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,History,Americas,Society,United States,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 2606 KB
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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.