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A Biography of the Anthropologist Melville Jean Herskovits ... "Melville Jean Herskovits was a cultural anthropologist, born in Bellefontaine, Ohio. ... The strength and size of the department today is largely the result of the efforts of Melville Herskovits. The Northwestern University Library was named after Melville...
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Melville J. Herskovits - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Melville Jean Herskovits (September 10, 1895 in Bellefontaine, Ohio - February 25, 1963 in Evanston, Illinois) was an American anthropologist who firmly established African and African American studi...
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MELVILLE JEAN HERSKOVITS; September 10,1895-February 26,1963; BY JOSEPH H. GREENBERG; MELVILLE j . HERSKOVITS was, at the time of his death, the acknowledged dean of African studies in the United; States as well as a major figure in the world of anthropology.
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Encyclopedia article about Herskovits, Melville Jean. Information about Herskovits, Melville Jean in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, computing dictionary. ... Herskovits, Melville Jean; Herstal; Herstmonceux; Herter, Christian; Herter, Christian Archibald; Hertford; Hertford, William Seymour,
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Herskovits, Melville Jean - (hûrs´kvĭts), 1895—1963, American anthropologist, b. Bellefontaine, Ohio; educated at the Univ. of Chicago (Ph.B., ...
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HERSKOVITS, MELVILLE JEAN (1895–1963), U.S. anthropologist. Born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, Herskovits became a lecturer in anthropology at Columbia University in 1924. In 1927 he moved to Northwestern University, where he directed the program of African studies.
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Also known as: Herskovits Melville J., Melville Jean Herskovits, Melville editors Herskovits ... Herskovits Melville J. (separate) ... Melville Jean Herskovits at Wikipedia...
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Dahomey, an Ancient West African Kingdom. Two volumes. New York, Augustin, 1938.; HERSKOVITS, MELVILLE JEAN:. Offered by Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books ... HERSKOVITS, MELVILLE JEAN: Dahomey, an Ancient West African Kingdom. Two volumes. New York, Augustin, 1938.; Pp. (ii), xxii, 402; xiv (including one blank leaf), 407.
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This new edition, published on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding by Melville Herskovits of the Program of African Studies at Northwestern University, brings back into print one of the classics in scholarly analysis and translation, written by one of the cultural anthropology.
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Herskovits pioneered in the application of the principles of modern cultural anthropology to black ethnology. Among his works are The American Negro: A Study in Racial Crossing (1928), Dahomey (1938), The Myth of the Negro Past (1941), Man and His Works (1949;
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