Document Type
Other
Publication Date
November 2007
Disciplines
Anthropology | Law | Social and Cultural Anthropology
Abstract
This thesis discusses Franz Ur Boas's legacy as an anthropologist and progressive social reformer in battling racism in early twentieth-century America. The hypothesis affirms that Boas, " the father of American anthropology," developed the science of anthropology with the progressive goal of building scientific support for the cultural values of equal opportunity and cultural pluralism.
Recommended Citation
The Anthropologist As Progressive Reformer: Franz Boaz and the Scientific Battle Against American Racism, (Thesis, Master of Arts in Liberal Studies: Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.) 2007