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Zachary Lazar: IMG Evening's Empire

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Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family

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Anthropologist Jean Briggs spent seventeen months living on a remote Arctic shore as the "adopted daughter" of an Eskimo family. Through vignettes of daily life she unfolds a warm and perceptive tale of the behavioral patterns of the Utku, their way of training children, and their handling of deviations from desired behavior.

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Absorbingly and affectingly written. A remarkable book...one that bids to become an anthropological classic.
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People

Introduction

I. The Study

II. The Setting

III. Arrival

IV. The Seasons

V. Nomadism

VI. The Society

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ISBN:
9780674608283
Subtitle:
Portrait of an Eskimo Family
Author:
Briggs, Jean L.
Publisher:
Harvard University Press
Location:
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Subject:
General
Subject:
Anthropology - Cultural
Subject:
Sociology, anthropology and archaeology
Subject:
Anthropology
Copyright:
1970
Publication Date:
June 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
5 halftones, 5 line illustrations, 1 map
Pages:
416
Dimensions:
8.71x5.66x1.25 in. 1.22 lbs.
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