Author Question: Boas trained nearly the entire first generation of American anthropologists, including: a. Alfred ... (Read 43 times)

tichca · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Boas trained nearly the entire first generation of American anthropologists, including:

a. Alfred Radcliffe-Brown.
b. Edward Tylor.
c. Ruth Benedict.
d. Marvin Harris.
e. Clifford Geertz.

Question 2

Franz Boas argued that the discipline of anthropology needed:

a. the careful collection of empirical data on as many specific cultures as possible.
b. the development of complex theory to guide fieldworkers.
c. theory that clarified how contact with other people was the single most important factor in shaping anysociety's culture.
d. theory that emphasized the environment as the single factor determining a culture.
e. theory that focused on geography as the major cause of cultural complexity.