Making history: Pukapukan and anthropological constructions of knowledge / Robert Borofsky; drawings by David Friedman
by Borofsky, Robert
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Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York: Cambridge University Press , 1989. Reprint. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxii, 201 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Contents: Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations -- Foreword Alan Howard -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Differing accounts of the past -- 2. Pukapukan social organization: A perspective on anthropological ways of knowing -- 3. Acquiring traditional knowledge: Pukapukan ways of knowing, Part I -- 4. Validating traditional knowledge: Pukapukan ways of knowing, Part II -- 5. Making history -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Ethnology Cook Islands Pukapuka Atoll. Knowledge, Theory of.Education Cook Islands Pukapuka Atoll. Ethnology Methodology.
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- Title
- Making history: Pukapukan and anthropological constructions of knowledge / Robert Borofsky; drawings by David Friedman
- Author
- Borofsky, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0521305209
- ISBN 13
- 9780521305204
- Publisher
- Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York: Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Uk
- Date Published
- 1989
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