Resultados de búsqueda: Social Sciences - Anthropology from Riverwood's Books

Dell, Laurel Edition. Very Good. 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Dell, Laurel paperback edition, 1968 printing. Cover has light edge & corner wear, light soiling/creasing. Pages clean and intact. First published in 1935. A fascinating and brilliant anthropological study of the intimate lives of three New Guinea tribes from infancy to adulthood. (os) ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Arts Canada. Good+. 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. B001JB5GYE . Ex-library book but still in good condition. Heavy buckram library binding, no jacket as issued, usual ex-lib type markings. B/w, colour and fold-out illustrations. Pages are tight in binding with occasional light soiling, age tanning to page edges. Cover is very good with light wear/bumping at corners. Title page appears to have been removed. A survey of the significant cultural roots of shamanic art throughout the world and their connections with and meaning for modern artists. The book assists in re-establishing the value of a core of sacred symbols and objects which have great meaning for this time. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; (*due to heavy weight, there will be extra shipping charges) [1015] .

University of Chicago Press. Near Fine. 1985. First Edition. Softcover. 0226895491 . Very nice condition, only light wear overall. Pages are clean and unmarked. Cover has light wear to corners/spine ends, light age tanning and old price stickers on rear. 408 pages. Synopsis: Through interviews with city residents, the authors provide a unique survey of urban life in the last decade of Mao Zedong's rule. They conclude that changes in society produced under communism were truly revolutionary and that, in the decade under scrutiny, the Chinese avoided ostensibly universal evils of urbanism with considerable success. [454-noto]; 8vo .

Vintage Books. Good. 1958. Softcover. By the author of The Children of Sanchez. No edition stated. Good, well used condition. Fading to spine and some yellowing of pages. Some cover wear and minor wrinkling, one chip out of front cover. Name written on first end page, some underling in ink on approx. 20 pages. Many photographs, 384 pages . (*shipping will be reduced to most locations) ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Very Good+. 1980. First Edition. Softcover. 0030534119 . Light edge/corner wear to cover, price sticker on front. Interior clean and unmarked. B/w illus. A case study in cultural anthropology. "Malta is unique in the Mediterranean context, in that there is a high literacy rate & an economy that for centuries has been based on servies provided to foreign garrisons rather than through agriculture. Until independence in 1964, Malta was basically a fortress in the hand of the British naval forces" (os) ; 8vo .