Cora du Bois Anthropologist, Diplomat, Agent |
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| Author:
| Seymour, Susan C. |
| Series title: | Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-6295-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.50 |
Book Description:
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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. Susan C. Seymour's biography weaves together Du Bois's personal and professional lives to illustrate this exceptional "first woman" and the complexities of the twentieth century that she experienced and influenced.
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. Susan C. Seymour's biography weaves together Du Bois's personal and professional lives to illustrate this exceptional "first woman" and the complexities of the twentieth century that she experienced and influenced.