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The KULA: A Bronislaw Malinowski Centennial Exhibition
by [Malinowski, Bronislaw]; William A. Shack
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0936127007
- ISBN 13
- 9780936127002
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley: Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology, 1985. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 95pp. Oblong quarto [21 cm x 29 cm] Gray cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the front cover. Map pastedowns. Very good. There is a barely perceptible moisture stain on the front cover. In a very good dust jacket, with rubbing and intermittent small closed and open tears in the edges. One of 2500 copies. Bronislaw Malinowski's description and functional analysis of the kula ceremony and trading complex, involving Trobriand Islanders and various people of New Guinea's Massim area, became one of the outstanding influences in forging modern social anthropology.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42258
- Title
- The KULA: A Bronislaw Malinowski Centennial Exhibition
- Author
- [Malinowski, Bronislaw]; William A. Shack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0936127007
- ISBN 13
- 9780936127002
- Publisher
- Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Bronislaw Malinowski
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Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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