Boas, Franz

Franz Boas (1858-1942) was the single most influential anthropologist in North America in the twentieth century. Boas is noted for challenging the ideas of cultural evolutionists who believed that the pattern ofhistory is one of progress, whereby societies develop through stages of savagery, barbarism, and eventuallycivilization.

German American Corner: BOAS, Franz (1858-1942) - Biography from a site listing noteworthy German-Americans.
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The Cultural Wilderness of Canadian Water in the Ethnography of Franz Boas - Paper discussing the geography of Boaz's early ethnographic research.
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Boas, Franz (1858 - 1942) - A article describing the life and work of the founder of American Anthropology.
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Jesup Exhibition - Online exhibition about the Jesup North Pacific Expedition with a brief biography of Franz Boas.
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Boas, Franz - An article by Elvin Hatch that discusses the life and academic contributions of the influential anthropologist.
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Franz Boas and Early Camera Study of Behavior - Kinesics Report article by Jay Ruby reviewing Boaz's visual anthropological research on the Kwakiutl.
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