Anthropology and Modern Life

This early work by Franz Boas was originally published in 1928 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Anthropology and Modern Life' is a work on the study of humans and their lives in various societies.

Franz Boas was born on July 9th 1958, in Minden, Westphalia.

Even though Boas had a passion the natural sciences, he enrolled at the University at Kiel as an undergraduate in Physics.

Boas completed his degree with a dissertation on the optical properties of water, before continuing his studies and receiving his doctorate in 1881.

Boas became a professor of Anthropology at Columbia University in 1899 and founded the first Ph.D program in anthropology in America.

He was also a leading figure in the creation of the American Anthropological Association (AAA).

Franz Boas had a long career and a great impact on many areas of study.

He died on 21st December 1942.