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Sol Tax

Sol Tax
Born 30 October 1907
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Died 4 January 1995
Nationality American
Fields anthropology
Known for Sauk Indians
Influences Ralph Linton
Fred Eggan

Sol Tax (30 October 1907 – 4 January 1995) was an American anthropologist. He is best known for his studies of the Sauk Indians, for "action-anthropological" research titled the Fox Project, and for founding the academic journal Current Anthropology. He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1935.

Tax was grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During his formative years he was involved in a number of social clubs. Among these was the Newsboys Republic with which his first encounter was when he was "arrested" for breaking their rules. Tax began his undergraduate education at the University of Chicago but had to leave for lack of funds. He returned to school at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he studied with Ralph Linton. He was also heavily influenced by the University of Chicago anthropologist Fred Eggan, in whose footsteps he followed in attempting to integrate principles of social anthropology to the study of Native Americans. He later taught at the University of Chicago.

He was the main organizer for the 1959 Darwin Centennial Celebration held at the University of Chicago.

The American Anthropological Association presented to him and Bela Maday its Franz Boas award for exemplary service to anthropology in 1977. He was the association's president in 1959.[1][2]

Works

  • (1937, revised 1955) contributions to Social Anthropology of North American Tribes, ed. by Fred Eggan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  • Rubinstein, Robert A., ed. 2001. Doing Fieldwork: The Correspondence of Robert Redfield and Sol Tax, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books.
  • (1953, revised 1972) Penny Capitalism; a Guatemalan Indian economy ISBN 0374977852. Tax is said to have coined the term 'Penny capitalism'.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology". American Anthropological Association. 2008-10-27. http://www.aaanet.org/about/Prizes-Awards/Franz-Boas-Award-for-Exemplary-Service-to-Anthropology.cfm. Retrieved 2008-10-31. "The Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology, formerly the Distinguished Service Award, was established in 1976. This award is presented annually by the Association to its members whose careers demonstrate extraordinary achievements that have well served the anthropological profession. Service to the Association is commonly recognized, as are outstanding applications of anthropological knowledge to improving the human condition. Great teachers of anthropology at all levels have received this award. Although the activities of the recipients will vary from year to year, all awardees have made many sacrifices, usually without personal reward, and sometimes against personal safety. They have all used anthropology for the benefit of others."  
  2. ^ "Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Service to Anthropology". American Anthropological Association. 2008-10-23. http://www.aaanet.org/about/Governance/Leadership/pastpresidents.cfm. Retrieved 2008-10-31.  
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