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Race, Language, and Culture

Race, Language, and Culture

Franz Boas

This volume is a collection of the most important essays written by Franz Boas on the science of anthropology. "Franz Boas is the father of American anthropology and one of the founders of the field of modern anthropology.
The Central Eskimo

The Central Eskimo

Franz Boas

This early work by Franz Boas was originally published in 1888 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
Franz Boas Among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884: ...

Franz Boas Among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884: ...

Franz Boas

In the summer of 1883, fledgling anthropologist Franz Boas spent a year among the Inuit of Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island. This book presents in English his letters and journal entries from the year that he spent among the Inuit.
Anthropology and Modern Life

Anthropology and Modern Life

Franz Boas

Franz Boas. INTRODUCTION “The American Anthropological Association repudiates statements now appearing in the United States that Negroes are biologically and in innate mental ability inferior to whites, and reaflirms the fact that there is ...
A Franz Boas Reader: The Shaping of American Anthropology, ...

A Franz Boas Reader: The Shaping of American Anthropology, ...

Franz Boas

At Hunt's request, his sister had taken into her home Harlan Smith, who was working for the Jesup Expedition. After Smith and his wife had left, a story derogatory to the Indians had appeared in the Victoria newspapers. Hunt and his relatives ...
Primitive Art

Primitive Art

Franz Boas

Boas' definitive study analyzes the fundamental traits of primitive art, examining the symbolism and style of objects as well as that of literature, music, and dance.
And Along Came Boas: Continuity and Revolution in ...

And Along Came Boas: Continuity and Revolution in ...

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This volume documents the revolutionary character of the theoretical and methodological standpoint introduced by Boas and his first generation of students, among whom linguist Edward Sapir was among the most distinguished.
Franz Marc, horses

Franz Marc, horses

Franz Marc

Like no other artist, Franz Marc pursued the representation of the horse--a central topic in the fine arts--as his life's work.
The Inspiration Motif in the Works of Franz Grillparzer: ...

The Inspiration Motif in the Works of Franz Grillparzer: ...

Gisela Stein

KRAUSKE, MARIE, 'Grillparzer als Epigrammatiker', Wissenschaftliche Frauenarbeiten, 1. Ból., Heft 1, Berlin, 1906. KUH, EMIL, Zwei Dichter Oesterreichs, Franz Grillparzer—Adalbert Stifter, Pest, 1872. KURz, FRANz, ' Grillparzers Sappho.
Franz Marc: the complete works. The oil paintings

Franz Marc: the complete works. The oil paintings

Franz Marc

Franz Marc was one of the most important members of the Blue Rider group of painters - this first volume of a three-part catalogue raisonné is devoted to the oil paintings.
Polk's Greater Harrisburg ... City Directory ...

Polk's Greater Harrisburg ... City Directory ...

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Franz Marc: The Complete Works: Works On Paper, Postcards, ...

Franz Marc: The Complete Works: Works On Paper, Postcards, ...

Franz Marc

This volume, the second of a three-part catalogue raisonné of Franz Marc's work, is devoted to the watercolors, works on paper, sculpture and decorative arts.
Franz Liszt and Agnes Street-Klindworth: A Correspondence, ...

Franz Liszt and Agnes Street-Klindworth: A Correspondence, ...

Franz Liszt

Introduction III FRANZ LISZT AND AGNES STREET-KLINDWORTH "They called her 'lovely Agnes,' and I must say she deserved the name.'' Prince Karl Braun- Wiesbaden' LIFE BEFORE LISZT 2 RBYUB DB FRANCE avis sur I'autlicnlicit6 dcs ...
A Companion to the Works of Franz Kafka

A Companion to the Works of Franz Kafka

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New essays by leading scholars on the most perplexing of modern writers, Franz Kafka.
Bohemia: ein Unterhaltungsblatt

Bohemia: ein Unterhaltungsblatt

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Barb. Kaplan, Kanzleidienerstochter, 14 M., in Nr. 463–1 an Masern. – Franz Skaloud, Weber, 67 J., in Nr. 329–2 an Marasmus. – Franz Sykora, Bräuergehilfenssohn, 4 J., in Nr. 271–1 an Lungenödem. – Wenzel Soukup, Schuhmacherssohn ...
La Danza:

La Danza:

Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt (1811 1886) was not only a brilliant and innovative composer and the greatest piano virtuoso of the 19th century; he was also a generous popularizer of other composers' music.
Franz Marc

Franz Marc

Klaus Carl

Condemned by the Nazis as a degenerate artist, Franz Marc (1880-1916) was a German painter whose stark linearity and emotive use of color eloquently expressed the pain and trauma of war.
Franz Kafka: The Ghosts in the Machine

Franz Kafka: The Ghosts in the Machine

Stanley Corngold

Noting Franz Kafka's occupation as an industrial-accident-insurance specialist, the authors explore the two main systems at work in the author's literary world--the official and the personal.
The Burrow

The Burrow

Franz Kafka

The Burrow is an incomplete narrative by Franz Kafka, written 1923-1924, and published posthumously in the magazine Witiko in 1931 by Max Brod.
Liszt Letters in the Library of Congress

Liszt Letters in the Library of Congress

Franz Liszt

"The correspondence of Franz Liszt is voluminous.
Franz Liszt: A Research and Information Guide

Franz Liszt: A Research and Information Guide

Michael Saffle

Liszt: Compendia. and. Other. Survey. Studies. Many of the books and articles devoted to Franz Liszt fliereinafter also referred to as “the composeW'wr, occasionally, as “the Master”) deal with only one or at most two or three specific issues.

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