The Development of Folk-Tales and Myths

ISBN-13: 9781473308602 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 24 str.

Franz Boas

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This early work by Franz Boas was originally published in 1916 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. The Development of Folk-Tales and Myths is an anthropological work on the origins and progress of fiction. 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.