The Reinvention of Humanity by Charles King

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY NAYEF ALRODHAN PRIZE 2020 The riveting story of the pioneers who redefined conceptions of normality in the early twentieth century. Under the guiding eye of cultural anthropologist Franz Boas these scientistexplorers most of them women made intrepid journeys into farflung communities all over the world where they documented radically different social approaches that overturned Western assumptions about human diversity and c Paperback softback