Cora Du Bois : Anthropologist, Diplomat, Agent /

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Although Cora Du Bois began her life in the early twentieth century as a lonely and awkward girl, her intellect and curiosity propelled her into a remarkable life as an anthropologist and diplomat in the vanguard of social and academic change. Du Bois studied with Franz Boas, a founder of American a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Seymour, Susan C. (Susan Christine), 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Du Bois, Cora Alice, > 1903-1991.
Women anthropologists.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
Femmes anthropologues > États-Unis > Biographies.
Women anthropologists > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Although Cora Du Bois began her life in the early twentieth century as a lonely and awkward girl, her intellect and curiosity propelled her into a remarkable life as an anthropologist and diplomat in the vanguard of social and academic change. Du Bois studied with Franz Boas, a founder of American anthropology, and with some of his most eminent students: Ruth Benedict, Alfred Kroeber, and Robert Lowie. During World War II, she served as a high-ranking officer for the Office of Strategic Services as the only woman to head one of the OSS branches of intelligence, Research and Analysis in Southeas.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (432 pages).
ISBN:9780803274303

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