Cora Du Bois: anthropologist, diplomat, agent
by Seymour, Susan C., (Susan Christine)
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 Service…
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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 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.
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- Publication Date:©2015
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- Publisher(s):University of Nebraska Press
- Place of Publication:Lincoln
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2015
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- Description:1 online resource (xxv, 423 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780803274303, 0803274300
- oclc:ocn905601616
- LC Classification:GN21.D84
- Dewey Decimal:301.092
Table of Contents
Prologue: Cora and me -- Tomgirl -- Escape and resolve -- Becoming an anthropologist -- Culture and personality -- A pioneer in culture and personality research -- World War II and the OSS -- Disillusionment in the Cold War era -- Harvard, crown of roses or thorns? -- Sociocultural change in India -- Looking inward.
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