Cora Du Bois Anthropologist, Diplomat, Agent / Susan C. Seymour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seymour, Susan C.

Series:

Critical studies in the history of anthropology.

Critical studies in the history of anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women anthropologists--United States--Biography.

Women anthropologists.

Du Bois, Cora Alice, 1903-1991.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (829 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Series Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Series Editors� Introduction""; ""Preface""; ""Resources and Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue: Cora and Me""; ""1. Tomgirl""; ""2. Escape and Resolve""; ""3. Becoming an Anthropologist""; ""4. Culture and Personality""; ""5. A Pioneer in Culture and Personality Research""; ""6. World War II and the OSS""; ""7. Disillusionment in the Cold War Era""; ""8. Harvard, Crown of Roses or Thorns?""; ""9. Sociocultural Change in India""; ""10. Looking Inward""; ""Notes""

""Bibliography""""Index""; ""About Susan C. Seymour""; ""Series List""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780803274280

0803274289

9780803274303

0803274300

OCLC:

905601616