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Profiles in ethnology. A revision of A profile of primitive culture.

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  • Physical Description: 509 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York, Harper & Row [1963]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I. Bands: The Arunta of Australia -- The Yahgan of South America -- The Andaman islanders -- The copper eskimo -- Part II. Tribes: The reindeer Tungus of Siberia -- The Cheyenne of the North American plains -- The Nuer of the Upper Nile river -- The Navajo of the American Southwest -- The Jivaro of South American -- Part III. Chiefdoms: The Nootka of British Columbia -- The Trobriand islanders of Melanesia -- The Tahitians of Polynesia -- The Kalinga of the Philippine islands.
Part IV. Primitive states: The Zulu of South Africa -- The Maya of Mexico -- The Inca of Peru -- The Ashanti of West Africa -- Part V. Modern folk societies: Chan Kom; a village in Yucatán -- A Moroccan village -- A Chinese peasant village -- A village in India.
Subject:
Ethnology.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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