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Human types : an introduction to social anthropology
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- Summary
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A comprehensive and concise analysis of the deeply rooted differences in customs and habits between "primitive" and "civilized" societies.--
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- Creator
- Raymond Firth
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Revised edition
- New York ; Toronto : New American Library ; London : New English Library, [1958]
- ©1958
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 176 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- OCLC
- ocm00193889, ocm00193889
- "A Mentor book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-173) and index.
- 1. Racial traits and mental differences -- 2. Man and nature -- 3. Work and wealth of primitive communities -- 4. Some principles of social structure -- 5. The regulation of conduct -- 6. Reason and unreason in human belief -- 7. Anthropology in modern life
Subjects
- Ethnology.
- Primitive societies.
- Race.
- Ethnology.
Medical Subject Heading
- Racial Groups.
Medical Subject Heading