Social Sci LibreTexts' chapter 1.3, "Franz Boas and the Birth of American Anthropology", from the open-access "Speaking of Culture" (Weil) course text; used for Boas's founding role in American anthropology and cultural relativism.
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Citation
PublisherLibreTexts (Speaking of Culture, Weil)
URLhttps://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Anthropology/Cultural_Anthropology/Speaking_of_Culture_(Weil)/01:_What_is_Culture/1.03:_Franz_Boas_and_the_birth_of_American_anthropology
Source TypeOpen Textbook / OER
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Reliability Tier3
Tier 3 (secondary reference): an open-access course chapter, standard editorial review through the LibreTexts OER program, used here for standard, uncontested biographical and disciplinary-founding claims. Sources
Social Sci LibreTexts, Franz Boas and the Birth of American Anthropology
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This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Social Theorists, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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