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" Culture sketches : "
Holly Peters-Golden.
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BL
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1029939
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b784309
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| Main Entry
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Peters-Golden, Holly.
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| Title & Author
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Culture sketches : : case studies in anthropology /\ Holly Peters-Golden.
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4th ed.
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Boston :: McGraw-Hill,, ©2006.
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x, 290 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 23 cm
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0072876085
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: 9780072876086
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index.
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| Contents
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World map: Location of cultures numbered by chapter -- The Azande: witchcraft and oracles in Africa -- The Aztecs: ancient legacy, modern pride -- The Basseri: pastoral nomads on the il-Rah -- Haiti: a nation in turmoil -- The Hmong: struggle and perseverance -- The Ju/'hoansi: reciprocity and sharing -- The Kaluli: story, song, and ceremony -- The Kapauku: New Guinea "Capitalists"? -- The Minangkabau: matriliny and merantau -- The Nuer: cattle and kinship in Sudan -- The Ojibwa: "the people" endure -- The Samoans: matai and migration -- The Tiwi: tradition in Australia -- The Trobriand Islanders: the power of exchange -- The Yanomamo: challenges in the rainforest.
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Ethnology, Case studies.
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Ethnologie, Cas, Études de.
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Ethnology.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.8
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GN378.P47 2006
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