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Melville J. Herskovits

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American anthropologist

Born 1895
Died 1963

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  • Cover of: Cultural anthropology.

    First published in 1948 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: The myth of the Negro past.

    Cover of edition mythofnegropast0000hers Cover of edition mythofnegropast00hers First published in 1941 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The American Negro: a study in racial crossing

    First published in 1928 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Life in a Haitian valley.

    Cover of edition lifeinhaitianval0000melv First published in 1937 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Economic anthropology: the economic life of primitive peoples

    First published in 1952 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Rebel destiny: among the bush Negroes of Dutch Guiana

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  • Cover of: Suriname folk-lore

    First published in 1936 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Trinidad village

    First published in 1947 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The backgrounds of African art.

    First published in 1945 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Dahomean narrative: a cross-cultural analysis

    First published in 1958 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Cultural anthropology: an abridged revision of Man and His Works

    First published in 1963 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The anthropometry of the American negro. --

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  • Cover of: Economic transition in Africa

    First published in 1964 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Dahomey: an ancient West African kingdom

    First published in 1938 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Franz Boas: the science of man in the making.

    First published in 1953 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Acculturation: The Study of Culture Contact

    First published in 1938 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: An outline of Dahomean religious belief

    First published in 1964 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Acculturation: the study of culture contact.

    First published in 1958 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Cultural relativism; perspectives in cultural pluralism.

    First published in 1972 — 1 edition
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We need a photo of Melville J. Herskovits

American anthropologist

Born 1895
Died 1963

Subjects

Blacks, Ethnology, Black people, African Americans, Culture, Fon (African people), Primitive societies, Acculturation, Afro-Americans, Anthropology, Anthropometry, Folklore, History, Social life and customs, 71.37 ethnic groups, Addresses, essays, lectures, African Art, African Continental Ancestry Group, African Mythology, African americans, history, African americans, social conditions, America, Anthropologie, Anthropologie économique, Antropologia

Places

Benin, Surinam, Suriname, Africa, America, Haiti, Haiti Mirebalais, Mirebalais (Haiti), Sub-Saharan Africa, Toco (Trinidad and Tobago), Toco (Trinidad), Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, United States

People

Franz Boas (1858-1942)

Time

1918-, 1918-1960

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Alternative names

  • Herskovits, Melville J.
  • Melville J Herskovits
  • Melville J. Herskovitz
  • Melville J.q(Melville Jean) Herskovits
  • Melville Joan Herskovits
  • Melville Herskovits
  • Melville Jean Herskovits
  • Melville J, & Frances S. Herskovits Herskovits
  • J Herskovits Melville

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May 19, 2021 Edited by JeffKaplan merge authors
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June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
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