In 1933 an Australian expedition discovered in the New Guinea Highlands a people who had for thousands of years been living isolated from the civilized world, the Chimbu. Never before was the westernization of an isolated people so thoroughly examined. This volume illustrates, contrary to widely held preconceptions about the nature of primitive societies, that the Chimbu have always been an adaptable people, whose concern for the present and for change has surpassed their attachment to tradition and the past. Originally ...
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In 1933 an Australian expedition discovered in the New Guinea Highlands a people who had for thousands of years been living isolated from the civilized world, the Chimbu. Never before was the westernization of an isolated people so thoroughly examined. This volume illustrates, contrary to widely held preconceptions about the nature of primitive societies, that the Chimbu have always been an adaptable people, whose concern for the present and for change has surpassed their attachment to tradition and the past. Originally published in 1973.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall A lovely clean crisp hardcover copy in very good condition; mild age toning to pastedowns. DJ in very good condition.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. xiii, 151, [16]p. : ill., 2maps; 22 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. Originally published, Cambridge [Mass. ]: Schenkman Publishing Co., 1972. Bibliographyp.145-148. -Includes index. International Library of Anthropology. Study of a primitive society in Papua New Guinea.
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Very Good. Very good in d.j. with news article annotated by Firth. Cloth 8vo. A New Guinea tribe adopts the outward forms of Western civilization, while interpreting them in their own way. A ground-breaking study of cultural ecology, by a protege of Raymond Firth. 151pp. Index. 2 maps, 16 b/w photos. > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. ix, 151pp, index, references, appendices, bw ills, map. Or blue cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped, slightly faded on spine. Tape stains to endpapers, light foxing. Social change among the Chimbu from their first contact with Europeans in 1933 to their determination to become a political force on the eve of PNG's independence.
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