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Tristes tropiques /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lévi-Strauss, Claude (Author)
Other Authors: Russell, John, 1919-2008 (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atheneum, [1963]
Edition:[Abridged edition]
Series:Atheneum ; 48
Subjects:
Lévi-Strauss, Claude > Travel > Brazil.
Indians of South America > Brazil.
Brazil > Description and travel.
Brazil > Antiquities.
Peuples autochtones > Brésil.
Brésil > Descriptions et voyages.
Indians of South America.
Travel.
Brazil.
Memoirs.
Travel writing.
Description
Item Description:Subtitle on cover: An anthropological study of primitive societies in Brazil.
Translation of: Tristes tropiques.
"Chapters XIV, XV, XVI, and XXXIX of the French edition are omitted in this translation"--Title page verso.
"English translation copyright ©1961. First Atheneum printing December 1963, second printing December 1965, third printing April 1967, fourth printing December 1967, fifth printing April 1968, sixth printing April 1969."--Title page verso.
English translation by John Russell was first published by Hutchinson in London, 1961 under title A World on the Wane.
Physical Description:404 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.