Desert People. A Study of the Walbiri Aborigines of Central Australia
by MEGGITT, M.J
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
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About This Item
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1968 (second impression)/ 1965 (first thus)/ 1962. Octavo, xx, 348 pages with a map, several kinship tables, 9 diagrams and several tables plus 2 charts and 8 pages of plates. Papered boards; extremities slightly bumped; edges foxed; flyleaves slightly marked and tanned; pastedowns tape-marked; minor light pencilling; a very good copy with the dustwrapper a littled creased, rubbed and torn. The 5-page foreword is by A.P. Elkin. 'One of the few full-length studies of an aboriginal tribe, but, with its careful exploration of kinship and social organization, has major importance for social anthropology in general' (dustwrapper blurb).
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 134796
- Title
- Desert People. A Study of the Walbiri Aborigines of Central Australia
- Author
- MEGGITT, M.J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1968
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