The North Alaskan Eskimo: a study in ecology and society
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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spencer, Robert F. 1917-1992 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington U.S. Govt. Print. Off 1959
Series:Bulletin / Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology 171
Subjects:
Item Description:Contents: The land and the people -- Language -- Houses and settlements -- Family and kinship -- Customary law -- Economy and society -- Property, wealth, and status -- Competition and cooperation -- Voluntary associations -- Trade -- The Messenger Feast (kimnic)-- The individual and the life cycle -- The supernatural -- Shamanism -- The cults -- Culture change -- Folklore -- Appendices. Tobacco ; Dogs ; Pottery ; Time reckoning, enumeratio
Physical Description:VI, 490 Seiten, 2 gefaltete Karten, 1 gefaltete Tabelle Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm