Social Sci LibreTexts' chapter 1.3, "Franz Boas and the Birth of American Anthropology", from the open-access "Speaking of Culture" (Weil) course text; used for Boas's founding role in American anthropology and cultural relativism.
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PublisherLibreTexts (Speaking of Culture, Weil)
URLhttps://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Cultural_Anthropology/Speaking_of_Culture_(Weil)/01:_What_is_Culture/1.03:_Franz_Boas_and_the_birth_of_American_anthropology
Source TypeOpen Textbook / OER
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Tier 3 (secondary reference): an open-access course chapter, standard editorial review through the LibreTexts OER program, used here for standard, uncontested biographical and disciplinary-founding claims. Sources
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