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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464204503321

Autore

Forde Cyril Daryll <1902-, >

Titolo

Habitat, economy and society : a geographical introduction to ethnology / / . Daryll Forde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxfordshire ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-136-53465-2

1-136-53472-5

1-315-01744-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (521 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Economic anthropology ; ; I

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Ethnology

Human geography

Primitive societies

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1934.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Food gatherers -- part II. Cultivators -- part III. Pastoral nomads -- part IV. Habitat and economy.

Sommario/riassunto

An introduction to the ethnography and human geography of non-European peoples, this book deals with the economic and social life of a number of groups at diverse levels of cultural achievement and in different regions of the world. <BR>International in its scope the book covers: Malaysia, Africa, North America, Canada, Siberia, the Amazon, Eastern Solomon Islands, India, Central Asia and the Middle East. <BR>Originally published in 1934. This re-issues the seventh edition of 1949.<BR>