From Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
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Very scarce First Edition, Second printing as stated ("reprinted, August, 1913). 8vo. Original full green cloth with bright gilt titling on front and spine. Extremely light wear with the mildest of scuffing to top of spine. Only mark inside is prior owner's name on inside front cover. Top edges of pages gilt. Five pages of advertising at rear for similar titles and a pamphlet for other MacMillan books for the Holidays laid in - including works from Jack London and H.G. Wells. First printing of Boas' landmark work, in which he "established academic anthropology". The book was immensely influential not only in establishing anthropology as an academic discipline and in academia in general, it was also a dominant factor in the public opinion since it challenged the widely held racist and eugenic claims about race and intelligence, and particularly white supremacy. Boas concludes the book with an examination of racism in the United States. He expresses his hope that anthropology can lead to more tolerance and sympathy for different civilizations, since "all races have contributed in the past to cultural progress in one way or another" [From the present work], a goal he to a large extend succeeded with: It is a work "which have changed men's mind". (Lewis, The Passion of Franz Boas, American Anthropologist, 2001). Seller Inventory # blb00958
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Mind of Primitive Man
Publisher: The MacMillan Company - New York
Publication Date: 1913
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
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