This early work by Franz Boas was originally published in 1902 and we
are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.
'Tsimshian Texts' is a work on the writings of the Native American
people of British Columbia. 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.