Behind the Mexican Mountains
by Robert Zingg, Howard Campbell, Editor
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0292798091
- ISBN 13
- 9780292798090
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2001 University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 2001. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New in publisher's vinyl wrapping. No DJ. Rust colored cloth boards and spine with black lettering on the spine. 307 pp 8vo. In 1930, anthropologists Robert Zingg and Wendell Bennett spent nine months among the Tarahumara of Chihuahua, Mexico, one of the least acculturated indigenous societies in North America. Their fieldwork resulted in a book, The Tarahumara: An Indian Tribe of Northern Mexico (1935), a classic ethnography still familiar to anthropologists. In addition to this formal work, Zingg also penned a personal, unvarnished travelogue of his sojourn among the Tarahumara. Unpublished in his lifetime, Behind the Mexican Mountains is now available in print for the first time. This colorful account provides a compelling description of the landscape, people, traditions, language, and archaeology of the Tarahumara region. Abandoning the scientific detachment of the observer, Zingg frankly records his reactions to the people and their customs as he vividly evokes the daily experience of doing fieldwork. In the introduction, Howard Campbell examines Zingg's writing in light of current critiques of anthropology as literature. He makes a strong case that although earlier anthropological writing reveals unacceptable cultural biases, it also demonstrates the ongoing importance and vitality of field research. A clean pristine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011954
- Title
- Behind the Mexican Mountains
- Author
- Robert Zingg, Howard Campbell, Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0292798091
- ISBN 13
- 9780292798090
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin, TX
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- archaeology, anthropology, cultural anthropology, Tarahumara regions, field research, Mexican Mountains, primitive peoples, indigenous tribes, Indian Tribes in Mexico, un-acculturated, indigenous society, Mexico,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Latin America;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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