A world on the wane /
"Tristes Tropiques (the French title translates literally as "Sad Tropics") is a memoir, first published in France in 1955, by the anthropologist and structuralist Claude Lévi-Strauss. It documents his travels and anthropological work, focusing principally on Brazil... Although ostens...
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| Language: | English |
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Criterion Books ;
[1961]
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| Edition: | [First American edition] |
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| Summary: | "Tristes Tropiques (the French title translates literally as "Sad Tropics") is a memoir, first published in France in 1955, by the anthropologist and structuralist Claude Lévi-Strauss. It documents his travels and anthropological work, focusing principally on Brazil... Although ostensibly a travelogue, the work is infused with philosophical reflections and ideas linking many academic disciplines, such as sociology, geology, music, history and literature. The book was first translated into English by John Russell as A World on the Wane."--Wikipedia. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Tristes tropiques. "Chapters xiv, xv, xvi, and xxxix of the French edition are omitted from this translation."--Title page verso. First published in English translation by John Russel by Hutchinson & Co. in London, 1961, under title: A world on the wane. "This is identical with that first published in America in 1961 by Criterion Books, Inc., New York, under title Tristes tropiques."--Title page verso. "A world on the wane. By Levi-Strauss, Claude; John Russell [Translator]. New York: Criterion Books, 1962. Signed by Claude Levi-Strauss on the half title, inscribed to former owner. 404 pp. + 48 pp. of photos. Bound in publisher's turquoise cloth with gilt spine lettering. First thus in America with this title; confusingly, the first American printing had the original French title Tristes Tropiques despite the 1961 British translation that it is from being entitled A World on the Wane; publisher mentions on copyright page that this and the first US printing are basically identical except for the title (and format and, of course, lack of statement of first edition)."--The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America. |
| Physical Description: | 404 pages, [46] unnumbered pages of plates (one color) : illustrations, portraits, map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 399). |