Melville J Herskovits

Biographic Data

ID81068
NAMEMelville J Herskovits
GIVEN NAMESMelville J
FAMILY NAMEHerskovits
SIGNATUREHERSKOVITS M J
AFFILIATIONSNorthwestern University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS173
TOTAL CITATIONS1693
AUTHOR COUNT173
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1923
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
H-INDEX16

  • Africanisms in Secular Life

    Melville J HerskovitsCHAPTERAmericans from Africa2017

    This chapter considers how certain isolated African traits have held over in American Negro behavior, most often in uninstitutionalized form. The specific survival of African etiquette is the matter of turning the head when laughing, or in speaking to elders or other respected persons of averting the eyes and perhaps the face. The role of the secret societies in the parts of Africa from which the slaves were derived is well known, but has been st…

  • The Human Factor in Changing Africa

    Melville J Herskovits, Melville J HerskovitzBOOKHuman Factor in Changing Africa2013

    Focussing on the problems of change and resistance to change that mark the African sub-continent, this book examines Africa's place in the world from earliest times. It considers the nature of its peoples in their prehistoric development, the ways in which their cultures were oriented, and the ways in which these cultures guided their reactions to European ideas. It also assesses the human responses to industrial, technological and economic chang…

  • The New World Negro. Selected Papers in Afroamerican Studies

    Harry W Hutchinson, Melville J Herskovits et al.ARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1968

  • Economic Transition in Africa

    I Schapera, Melville J Herskovits et al.ARTICLEPopulation Studies1967

  • Pesquisas etnológicas na Bahia

    Open AccessMelville J HerskovitsARTICLEAfro-Ásia1967Cited by: 3

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  • The Influence of Culture on Visual Perception

    Helen Blyth, Marshall H Segall et al.ARTICLEMan1967Cited by: 16

  • Economic Development for Africa South of the Sahara

    Cyril Ehrlich, E A G Robinson et al.ARTICLEEconomica1966

  • Economic Transition in Africa

    Open AccessPhilip W Porter, Melville J Herskovits et al.ARTICLEGeographical Review1966Cited by: 27

  • L'Afrique et les Africains entre hier et demain. Le facteur humain dans l'Afrique en marche

    Open AccessMelville J Herskovits, Francois RibadeauARTICLEPopulation1966

  • Economic Development for Africa South of the Sahara

    Phyllis Deane, E A G Robinson et al.ARTICLEThe Economic Journal1965

    Journal Article Economic Development for Africa South of the SaharaEconomic Transition in Africa Get access Economic Development for Africa South of the Sahara. Proceedings of a Conference Held by the International Economic Association. Edited by E. A. G. Robinson. (London: Macmillan, 1964. Pp. xvi + 744. 105s.)Economic Transition in Africa. Edited by Melville J. Herskovits and Mitchell Harwitz. (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. Pp. xviii + 444.…

  • The Human Factor in Changing Africa

    James W Fernandez, Melville J HerskovitsARTICLEJournal of American Folklore1964

  • In memoriam Melville J. Herskovits

    Melville J HerskovitsARTICLEPrésence Africaine1963

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  • The Human Factor in Changing Africa

    Lucy Mair, Melville J HerskovitsARTICLEBritish Journal of Sociology1963Cited by: 5

  • Continuity and Change in African Cultures

    Chancellor Williams, Wm R Bascom et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Negro Education1963

  • De l'humanisme en anthropologie

    Melville J HerskovitsARTICLEPrésence Africaine1963

  • The Human Factor in Changing Africa

    Ronald Cohen, Melville J HerskovitsARTICLEEthnohistory1963

  • Continuity and Change in African Cultures

    Daniel J Crowley, William Bascom et al.ARTICLEThe American Catholic Sociological…1962

  • Aspects of Primitive Art

    H B Hawthorn, Robert Redfield et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1962

  • The Myth of the Negro Past

    Melville J HerskovitsBOOKBabel Revue internationale de la…1961

  • Tradition, Values, and Socio-Economic Development

    Nathan Keyfitz, Joseph J Spengler et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal Canada s…1961Cited by: 11

  • The Study of African Oral Art

    Melville J HerskovitsARTICLEJournal of American Folklore1961

    Melville J. Herskovits, The Study of African Oral Art, The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 74, No. 294, Folklore Research around the World: A North American Point of View (Oct. - Dec., 1961), pp. 451-456

  • International Directory of Anthropologists

    Open AccessMelville J HerskovitsARTICLEAnthropology News1960Cited by: 3

    Prepared under the auspices of the Committee on International Relations in Anthropology of the Division of Anthropology and Psychology, National Research Council [and the] American Anthropological Association

  • Continuity and Change in African Cultures

    Jack Goody, William Bascom et al.REVIEWAmerican Sociological Review1960

  • Dahomean Narrative

    Butler Waugh, Melville J Herskovits et al.ARTICLEWestern Folklore1960Cited by: 15

    When this book was first published in 1958, Melville Herskovits, with his wife and collaborator, Frances, had spent over twenty years studying the social networks, religion, music, and oral traditions of the peoples of West Africa and their descendants in the New World. Dahomey, the major site of their Africa work, is in the country now known as the Republic of Benin. This volume, published now as a companion piece to Northwestern University Pres…

  • Traditions et bouleversements de la culture en Afrique

    Melville J HerskovitsARTICLEPrésence Africaine1960