Isbn: 9780710075727 - the chimbu: a study of change in the new guinea highlands (international library of anthropology) (14 resultados)

Hard cover. First edition. 162 p. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. light shelfwear to the jacket, no ownership marks, first printing, inscribed by the author.

Condición: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with spotting and writing on the ffep. Good DJ with some toning, fading and is price clipped.

hardcover. Condición: Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 151 pages, with 16 pages of photos and 5 tables, hardback, a near-fine copy in a very good+ dust-jacket of a book in the International Library of Anthropology series [0710075723].

Hardcover. First Edition UK [1973], so stated. First Edition UK [1973], so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows just a touch of foxing at fore-edge, same a little heavier at top edge; minimal signs of use otherwise. Binding square and secure; text clean. Dustwrapper shows very light wear to extremities; very mild rubbing to sheen; price intact, mylar-protected. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 151pp. Hardback with DJ. In 1933 an Australian expedition discovered in the New Guinea Highlands a people who had for thousands of years been living isolated from the civilized world, the Chimbu. Never before was the westernization of an isolated people so thoroughly examined. This volume illustrates, contrary to widely held preconceptions about the nature of primitive societies, that the Chimbu have always been an adaptable people, whose concern for the present and for change has surpassed their attachment to tradition and the past. Simbu, also known as (and officially named) Chimbu, is a Highlands Region province in Papua New Guinea. The province has an area of 6,100 km and a population of 259,703. The capital of the province is Kundiawa. Mount Wilhelm, the tallest mountain in Papua New Guinea, is on the border of Simbu. Illustrated with photographs.…

1st edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: International Library of Anthropology. Physical description: xiii, 151 pages : illustrations (black and white), 2 maps ; 22 cm. Notes: Originally published : Cambridge [Mass.]: Schenkman Publishing Co., 1972. Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-148) and index. Contents: The Chimbu view of past and future -- The kinds of variation and change -- Chimbu pre-history -- Chimbu's first contact with Europeans -- Domestic and local groups -- Groups and segments -- Big men and small -- Cycles and transactions -- Strife -- Warfare -- The process of change -- The forces of change -- Material and technological change -- Economic change -- Local leadership and activities -- Conflict today -- Kondom's kingdom -- Plus c?a change, plus c'est la me?me. chose. Subjects: Chimbu (Papua New Guinean people); Chimbu (Papua New Guinean people); Social change Papua New Guinea; Ethnology New Guinea. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. D.J. has a faded spine and slight wear from reading and storage. Tanning to leaves due to age.

1st edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series: International Library of Anthropology. Physical description: xiii, 151 pages : illustrations (black and white), 2 maps ; 22 cm. Notes: Originally published : Cambridge [Mass.]: Schenkman Publishing Co., 1972. Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-148) and index. Contents: The Chimbu view of past and future -- The kinds of variation and change -- Chimbu pre-history -- Chimbu's first contact with Europeans -- Domestic and local groups -- Groups and segments -- Big men and small -- Cycles and transactions -- Strife -- Warfare -- The process of change -- The forces of change -- Material and technological change -- Economic change -- Local leadership and activities -- Conflict today -- Kondom's kingdom -- Plus ça change, plus c'est la même. chose. Subjects: Chimbu (Papua New Guinean people); Chimbu (Papua New Guinean people); Social change Papua New Guinea; Ethnology New Guinea. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; International Library of Anthropology. Physical description; 151 pages. Notes; Bibliography: pages 145-148. Subjects; Anthropology Cultural. Ethnology New Guinea. Chimbu. Social change. Iwi taketake. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Very good in d.j. with news article annotated by Firth. Cloth 8vo. A New Guinea tribe adopts the outward forms of Western civilization, while interpreting them in their own way. A ground-breaking study of cultural ecology, by a protege of Raymond Firth. 151pp. Index. 2 maps, 16 b/w photos. > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; International Library of Anthropology. Physical description; 151 pages. Notes; Bibliography: pages 145-148. Subjects; Anthropology Cultural. Ethnology New Guinea. Chimbu. Social change. Iwi taketake. 1 Kg. …

Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. A crisp and tight copy.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First UK Edition. ix, 151pp, index, references, appendices, bw ills, map. Or blue cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped, slightly faded on spine. Tape stains to endpapers, light foxing. Social change among the Chimbu from their first contact with Europeans in 1933 to their determination to become a political force on the eve of PNG's independence. Size: 8vo.…

Condición: New.