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Title:

Franz Boas, 1858-1942 / producer/director, T.W. Timreck ; executive producer, Michael Ambrosino ; a production of Public Broadcasting Associates.

Publisher:

Documentary Educational Resources,

Copyright Date:

©2010

Description:

1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Boas, Franz,--1858-1942.
Boas, Franz,--1858-1942.
Anthropologists--Germany--Biography.
Anthropologists--United States--Biography.
Kwakiutl Indians.
Anthropologues--Allemagne--Biographies.
Anthropologues--États-Unis--Biographies.
Kwakiutl.
Anthropologists.
Kwakiutl Indians.
Germany.
United States.
Biographies.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentaires télévisés.
Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.

Other Authors:

Timreck, T. W. (Theodor William)
Ambrosino, Michael.
Yulin, Harris.
Hearn, George.
Cuomo, Joe.
Public Broadcasting Associates.
Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)

Other Titles:

Odyssey (Television program : 1980)

Notes:

Narrator, Harris Yulin, George Hearn ; with George W. Stocking, Jr., William S. Willis, Jr., Margaret Blackman, Gloria Cranmer Webster, Claude Levi-Strauss, Agnes Cranmer, Jack Ruby, Bill Holm, Dell Hymes. "A film by T.W. Timreck." Originally produced as a 1980 episode of series Odyssey.

Summary:

Profile of the German physicist who was responsible for shaping the course of American anthropology, by bringing discipline and order to a field that had previously dealt in subjective "race classification." Includes reflections and anecdotes by scholars and students, excerpts from journals and letters, and archival photographs. Discusses the Kwakiutl Indians, the principal subjects of Boas' field work.

Series:

Odyssey

OCLC:

(OCoLC)680069671

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)