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Frances Toor

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Gender Female
Born Plattsburgh
New York
United States
DiedNew York
New York
United States
1956
New York
New York
United States
BooksA treasury of Mexican folkways
Mexican Popular Arts
Date of birth January 1,1890
NationalityAmerican
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ID931956
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Frances Toor Life story


Frances Toor was an American author, publisher, anthropologist and ethnographer who wrote mainly about Mexico and Mexican indigenous cultures. She earned a B.A. and an M.A. in anthropology from University of California at Berkeley. She moved to Mexico City in 1922. In 1925, she founded the journal Mexican Folkways.

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