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What was the subject of Boas' doctoral thesis?

  • Cultural Relativism

  • Inuit Culture

  • Baffin Island Geography

  • Optic Properties of Water

Answer

Boas' doctoral thesis was on the optic properties of water. This reflects his initial academic focus on physics and geography, before his interests shifted to anthropology.
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