Adventures in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica is the true story of a mother and daughter, (Donna & Michelle), who travel to the quaint Caribbean town of Puerto Viejo in search of a piece of property that Donna purchased there a year earlier. Based on Michelle's written journal, and supplemented with travel tips, recommendations, vibrant pictures, and useful information, you will find that this book is very much different from the usual travel guides. Not only will it make you laugh, it will give you a reality check on what you can expect to experience which is more than any generic travel book can...

This inaugural volume of The Franz Boas Papers Documentary Edition series presents current scholarship from the various academic disciplines that were shaped and continue to be influenced by Franz Boas (1858-1942). Few of Boas's intellectual progeny span the range of his disciplinary and public engagements. In his later career, Boas moved beyond Native American studies to become a public intellectual and advocate for social justice, particularly with reference to racism against African Americans and Jews and discrimination against women in science. He was a passionate defender of academic...