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This early work by Franz Boas was originally published in 1910 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Chinook: An Illustrative Sketch' is a linguistic study on a Native North American Language. Franz Boas was born on July 9th 1958, in Minden, Westphalia. Even though Boas had a passion the natural sciences, he enrolled at the University at Kiel as an undergraduate in Physics. Boas completed his degree with a dissertation on the optical properties of water, before continuing his studies and receiving his doctorate in 1881. Boas became a professor of Anthropology at Columbia University in 1899 and founded the first Ph.D program in anthropology in America. He was also a leading figure in the creation of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). Franz Boas had a long career and a great impact on many areas of study. He died on 21st December 1942.

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• Full title: Chinook
• Subtitle: An Illustrative Sketch
• Author: Franz Boas
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 124
• EAN: 9781473301894
• ISBN: 1473301890
• ID: 12203319
• Publisher: Ghose Press
• Weight: 168 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 7 mm
• Date of publishing: 02. April 2013

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