{"product_id":"9781473378155","title":"Half a Man - The Status of the Negro in New York - With a Forword by Franz Boas","description":"This early work by Mary White Ovington was originally published in 1911 and features a foreword by Franz Boas . 'Half a Man' is an anthropological work on the status of black people in society. 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.","brand":"Read Books Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144370274544,"sku":"9781473378155","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473378155_p0.jpg?v=1763601211","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473378155","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}