His only collaborative effort with his wife Frances was the Dahomean Narrative.
His only collaborative effort with his wife Frances was the Dahomean Narrative. In The Dilemma of Social Pattern he argues for traces of the older folkways in the most "complete acculturation." All of these works may be found at his namesake library at Northwestern where he became the first chair of African Studies in the U.S. His most famous work argues that contrary to popular belief, blacks had a viable and vibrant culture before their exposure to Westerners. FTP, identify this one-time disciple of Franz Boas and sociologist author of The Myth of the Negro Past.
His only collaborative effort with his wife Frances was the Dahomean Narrative.
Melville {Herskovits}