Volksgeist as Method and Ethic: Essays on Boasian Ethnography and the German Anthropological Tradition (Volume 8) (History of Anthropology);

Franz Boas, the founding figure of anthropology in America, came to the United States from Germany in 1886. This volume in the History of Anthropology series explores the extent and significance of Boas' roots in the German intellectual tradition and late-19th century German anthropology.