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Franz Boas

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About Franz Boas

Franz Uri Boas was a German-American anthropologist and ethnomusicologist. He was a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". His work is associated with the movements known as historical particularism and cultural relativism.

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The historical development of the work of anthropologists seems to single out clearly a domain of knowledge that heretofore has not been treated by any other science.
If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present.