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For more than a generation this pioneering book has been an indispensable introduction to the field of anthropology. Here, in her study of three sharply contrasting cultures -- the Pueblos of New Mexico, the natives of Dobu in Melanesia, and the Indian tribes (chiefly the Kwakiutl) of the Northwest...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1961 [©1959]
Series:Sentry edition ; 8.
Subjects:
Culture.
Ethnopsychology.
Zuni Indians.
Kwakiutl Indians.
Ethnology > Papua New Guinea > Dobu Island.
Dobu Island (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs.
Indians of North America.
Anthropology.
Dobu Island (Papua New Guinea)
Indians, North American
Ethnopsychology
Ethnopsychologie.
Zuñi.
Kwakiutl.
Ethnologie > Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée > Dobu (Île)
Dobu (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée : Île) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Nord.
ethnopsychology.
Indians of North America
Culture
Ethnology
Kwakiutl Indians
Manners and customs
Zuni Indians
Papua New Guinea > Dobu Island
Ethnology > Papua New Guinea > Dobu Island
Dobu Island (Papua New Guinea) > Social life and customs
FREE:Society, Primitive.
FREE:Zuni Indians.
FREE:Dobu Island.
FREE:Kwakiutl Indians.
FREE:Anthropology.
Table of Contents:
  • Science of custom
  • Diversity of cultures
  • Integration of culture
  • Pueblos of New Mexico
  • Dobu
  • Northwest coast of America
  • Nature of society
  • Individual and the pattern of culture.