Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family
by Briggs, Jean L
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0674608259
- ISBN 13
- 9780674608252
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About This Item
Harvard University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Rear hinge shows wear, but the binding remains structurally sound. Embossed owner's stamp on half-title page; interior pages absent any extraneous marks. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Synopsis
Anthropologist Jean Briggs spent seventeen months living on a remote Arctic shore as the \\\"adopted daughter\\\" of an Eskimo family. Through vignettes of daily life she unfolds a warm and perceptive tale of the behavioral patterns of the Utku, their way of training children, and their handling of deviations from desired behavior.
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- Bookseller
- ThriftBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1551185673
- Title
- Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family
- Author
- Briggs, Jean L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0674608259
- ISBN 13
- 9780674608252
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Ma
- Date Published
- 1970
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