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THE UNIVERSITY IF WISCONSIN PRESS. Hardcover. B000H5CO7K 1st edition. Near Fine (a touch of shelf wear)/dj Very Good (clipped). Hardcover. . Very Good.
The Chugach Eskimo by BIRKET-SMITH, Kaj - 1953
by BIRKET-SMITH, Kaj
The Chugach Eskimo
by BIRKET-SMITH, Kaj
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Kobenhavn: Nationalmuseets Publikationsfond, 1953. Soft cover. Fair. Nationalmuseets Skrifter Etnografisk Reakke VI. x, 262 p. 30 cm. 41 b&w illustrations and a map at rear. Blue paper covers are chipped at edges. Soiling to front cover. Small hole in front affects first few pages but does affect legibility. Ink inscription and stamp at top of half title.
Topics include: the Danish-American Alaska expedition of 1933; Chugach country and its inhabitants; economic life (sealing, whaling, fishing etc.); communication (baidarkas, skin boats, dug-outs, land transporation); habitation; clothing; manufactures and decorative art; social life, family and kinship; intellectual culture (weather lore, medicine, magic, shamanism); folklore, legends and myths; analysis of Chugach culture; linguistics; plants collected in Prince William Sound.
Topics include: the Danish-American Alaska expedition of 1933; Chugach country and its inhabitants; economic life (sealing, whaling, fishing etc.); communication (baidarkas, skin boats, dug-outs, land transporation); habitation; clothing; manufactures and decorative art; social life, family and kinship; intellectual culture (weather lore, medicine, magic, shamanism); folklore, legends and myths; analysis of Chugach culture; linguistics; plants collected in Prince William Sound.
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- Publisher Nationalmuseets Publikationsfond
- Place of Publication Kobenhavn
- Date Published 1953
- Keywords anthropology, Eskimo, Inuit, Arctic, Alaska, NA Native
THE PATHS OF CULTURE
by SMITH, KAJ BIRKET-
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Primitive Man and His Ways
by Birket-Smith, Kaj
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Mentor, 1963. Light cover wear. Clean, tight and nicely readable.. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus. Illus. by Photographs.
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Primitive Man and His Ways
by Kaj Birket-Smith
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Mentor Books, 1963. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Eskimos
by Birket-Smith, Kaj
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Crown Publishers, 1971. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Primitive Man And His Ways
by Birket-Smith, Kaj
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New York: A Mentor Book, 1963. Book. G. Mass Market Paperback. 1st. 222 pgs. Spine is white with red and black..
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The Paths of Culture: A General Ethnology
by Birket-Smith, Kaj
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Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1965. Cloth. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, 535, (2) pp. Rubbing to the extremities of the covers. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. The jacket is scuffed at the extremities. Translated from the Danish by Karin Fennow.
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Primitive Man and His Ways: Patterns of life in some native societies (Mentor book)
by Kaj Birket-Smith
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Mentor, 1963. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Menneskets Mangfoldighed.
by Birket-Smith, Kaj
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Copenhagen: Danske Bogsamleres Klub, 1957. 206pp. Soiling, spot front, DJ: hole top front, chipping, rubbing.. Hb. G+/G+.
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The Paths of Culture
by Birket-Smith, Kaj
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Urbana, Illinois, United States
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Madiison: U. Of Wisconsin Press, 1965. 535pp. Extremities rubbed & faded; stickers on both covers. Illus.; biblio.; index; chronology.. Pb. VG-.
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The Paths of Culture: A General Ethnology
by Birket-Smith, Kaj; Translated from the Danish By Fennow, Karin
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Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1965 Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Normal dust jacket wear; a very nice copy of book..
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