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Anthropology and Modern Life: The Classic of Human Social Study, covering Ideas of Race, Education, Culture and Nationalism

Anthropology and Modern Life: The Classic of Human Social Study, covering Ideas of Race, Education, Culture and Nationalism

Boas, Franz

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AnthropologyGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1789872723
ISBN13: 9781789872729
Publisher: Pantianos Classics
Published: Jan 1 1928
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In this insightful study, Frank Boas connects aspects of human history with their manifestation in the modern world, describing such topics as race relations, nationalism and education.


When this book was first published in the 1920s, the United States was grappling with racial tensions, with heightening discrimination against black Americans. As such Boas leads with the topic of race, exploring the cultural contrasts that occur between different races. The relationship between a person's country, and the ideology of nationalism, is explored. Ideas of eugenics, whereby humans breed according to desired traits, are investigated and their limitations explained. Later in the book, concepts such as crime in modern society, and concepts of cultural stability are examined.

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