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Angeloni, Elvio Anthropology 83/84 (Annual Editions Ser. )
Guilford, CT The Dushkin Publishing Group 1983 0879674660 / 9780879674663 Softcover Good
Some highlighting, covers wrinkled and worn at corners and spine. Forty articles on such topics as gypsies, rape, the Punjabi people of Pakistan, Ugandan mountain dwellers, linguistics, the meaning of veil wearing in Arab cultures, child care in China, etc. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 242 pages
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8.00 USD
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Beattie, John Bunyoro An African Kingdom
NY Holt Rinehart & Winston 1967 Later Printing Softcover Good
About the Bunyoro people of Uganda. Highlighted, underlined, covers scuffed. Photos, references, glossary. Library of Congress number 60-7331. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 86 pages
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7.00 USD
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Brison, Karen J. Our Wealth is Loving Each Other: Self and Society in Fiji
Lanham, MD Lexington Books 2007 0739114883 / 9780739114889 Hardcover Very Good
Covers lightly scuffed, else a clean, tight copy. Review slip laid in. "Explores the fluid and context-bound nature of cultural and personal identity among indigenous Fijians. While national identity in Fiji is often defined in opposition to the West through reference to a romanticized pre-modern tradition, individual Fijians are often more concerned with defining their identity vis-a-vis other villagers and other groups within Fiji." (from review slip). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 172 pages
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30.00 USD
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Brush, Stephen B. Mountain, Field, and Family: The Economy and Human Ecology of an Andean Valley
Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 1977 0812277287 / 9780812277289 First Edition Cloth Very Good in Good dust jacket
Light green cloth binding. Jacket lightly tattered and scuffed. In jacket protector. Several illustrations and photos. The author examines the peasant community in the village of Uchucmarca in north central Peru and how the people there are largely self-sufficient in using the resources of their mountainous environment. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 199 pages
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11.00 USD
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Daniels, Ger Folk Jewelry of The World
NY Rizzoli 1989 0847810704 / 9780847810703 First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Illustrated by Daniels, Ger
Red cloth binding. Binder's defect at lower corner of one page. Foreword by Roelof Munneke. 241 illustrations, many of them full-page color. References, bibliography. A survey of bracelets, nose rings, headdresses, tattoos, earrings, lip pegs, breastplates and other personal adornments from traditional cultures around the world. Just a gorgeous book for anyone interested in anthropology, jewelry design, and the decorative arts. Ev; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 200 pages
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40.00 USD
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Elmendorf, Mary Nine Mayan Women: a Village Faces Change
NY Schenkman Publishing Company, Inc. 1976 0470238623 / 9780470238622 Cloth Good in Good dust jacket Signed by Author
Inscribed by the author on the title page. Bibliography, glossary, many black and white photographs. Author photo on rear jacket flap. Black cloth binding. Boards splayed, owner name stamped on front endpaper and title page, jacket tattered. The first half of the book contains vignettes by the nine subject women of the Mayan village of Chan Kom, Mexico, while the second half provides "a detailed description of the physical, social and political milieu of the village and an analysis of the nature of the women's lives" (from front jacket flap) . ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 159 pages; Signed by Author
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Gardner, Hugh The Children of Prosperity: Thirteen Modern American Communes
NY St. Martin's Press 1978 0312132395 / 978-0312132392 Softcover Good
Covers scuffed and curled, usual library stamps and markings, else a clean, tight copy. Index, bibliography. An ethnographic study of various communes across the US, including Drop City, the Maharaj Ashram, Talsalsan, Morning Star East, Wheeler Ranch and others. ; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 281 pages
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Gold, Peter Tibetan Reflections: Life in a Tibetan Refugee Community
London Wisdom Publications 1984 0861710223 / 9780861710225 First Edition Softcover Very Good
Photographs by the author. Numerous illustrations by various Tibetan artists. Introduction by Thubten Jigme Norbu. The author writes of his time spent with the Tibetan refugee community in Dharamsala in the Indian Himalayas. Numerous color photographs. Covers lightly scuffed, else a clean, tight copy. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 111 pages
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Haddon, Kathleen Cat's Cradles from Many Lands
Longmans, Green and Company 1911 First Edition Hardcover Very Good
Olive green cloth binding with cat's cradle figure and lettering stamped in white on front boards. Index, bibliography, many illustrations. Gift inscription penciled on front free endpaper, boards lightly rubbed. Many examples of string figures, or cat's cradles from cultures around the world, including Alaskan Inuit, the Torres Straits, Andaman Islands, Yoruba tribes, Navaho Indian tribes and others. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 95 pages
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45.00 USD
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