MR. WATTENBERG: Hello, I'm Ben Wattenberg. Franz Boas is known as the father of American anthropology. In the early 20th Century he bucked the trends of the time with his pioneering anti-racist ...

QUESTION: Why is Franz Boas a significant figure in the field of anthropology? LEE D. BAKER: [Franz Boas left two major legacies. The first is that] he de-linked race, language and culture ...

From: Indian Myths & Legends from the North Pacific Coast of America: A Translation of Franz Boas' 1895 Edition of Indianische Sagen von der Nord-Pacifischen Kuste Amerikas Boas incorrectly states ...

IN the year 1908 Prof. Boas, at the request of the United States Immigration Commission, began an investigation into the physical characteristics of immigrants. The volume under review contains an ...