This early work by Franz Boas was originally published in the early 20th
century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory
biography. 'Psychological Problems in Anthropology' is a work on the
best methods of the anthropologist in relation to the human mind. Franz
Boas was born on July 9th 1958, in Minden, Westphalia. Even though Boas
had a passion the natural sciences, he enrolled at the University at
Kiel as an undergraduate in Physics. Boas completed his degree with a
dissertation on the optical properties of water, before continuing his
studies and receiving his doctorate in 1881. Boas became a professor of
Anthropology at Columbia University in 1899 and founded the first Ph.D
program in anthropology in America. He was also a leading figure in the
creation of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). Franz Boas
had a long career and a great impact on many areas of study. He died on
21st December 1942.