'Margaret Mead and Nicolas Calas, in 1953, offered this impressive compendium, which, through the writings of many great anthropologists, gave a comprehensive picture of primitive man. The book is divided into themed parts, including The Mythical Past, Children, Puberty, Marriage, Art Thought and Sport, The Daily Round, Religious Experience, Feasts and Sacrifices, War and Peacemaking, Death, Immortality. Collected are no less than one hundred and eleven essays, of varying length. The selection of authors is as remarkable as the variety of subjects...Herodotus, Tacitus, Rousseau, Engels, Nietzsche, Freud, Crawley, Marett, Levy-Bruhl, Sapir, Ruth Benedict, Doughty, D. H. Lawrence, Gide, Tom Harrisson, Malinowsky, Hermann Melville, Kidd, Bateson, Morgan, Boas, Geoffrey Gorer and Margaret Mead herself...'
Check the 12 pictures carefully, they're part of the description, too.
- 592 pages
- Published by Random House
- 1953, 1st edition
- Hardback
- With dustjacket, with light shelf wear.
- 155 mm x 220 mm format, approx.
- A very good reading and reference copy
- Binding intact
- No major creases
- Small bumps / scuffs and light wear to dustjacket, as noted.
- Blue linen cover under jacket in very good condition.
- Pages yellowed, but in good condition, page edges show the usual signs of light reading / shelf and storage wear, 67 year vintage.
- Pictures uploaded, various views. No library / 'stock' photos used, I've actually got the item, and what you see is what you get...
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