AMAZON JOURNEY: An Anthropologist's Year Among Brazil's Mekranoti Indians
by Werner, Dennis
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 067149290X
- ISBN 13
- 9780671492908
- Seller
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Flemington, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. NEAR FINE, first edition / first printing, paper and burgundy cloth over boards w bronze font on spine, 296 pps + photos. Appears unread. Interior pages clean, tight and unmarked, no writing, etc. Only noted flaw is slight mark on top edge (not remainder line). Dust jacket is not price c lipped, showing minimal shelf wear along edge. "A personal memoir about the anthropologist author's first year of fieldwork in the isolated Amazon jungle home of the Mekranoti Indians of Brazil." A good read in understanding methods used by anthropologist's in their field studies.
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- Bookseller
- BohemianBookworm
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 113174
- Title
- AMAZON JOURNEY: An Anthropologist's Year Among Brazil's Mekranoti Indians
- Author
- Werner, Dennis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 067149290X
- ISBN 13
- 9780671492908
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- November 1985
- Keywords
- SOCIAL STUDIES
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