MAN'S RISE TO CIVILIZATION : As Shwon By the Indians of North American from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State
by Farb, Peter
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New York, NY: E. P. Dutton, 1968. BOMC First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Stated First Edtion.. Book of the Month Club. Text/BRAND NEW. Impressed black linen boards/Fine. DJ/VG w/light nips, chip & rubs to edges, and rubs to surfaces. Illustrated endpapers. Dyed upper text edge. History of man as exemplified in North America. 16 chapters in 3 parts. Part One: The Evolution of Complexity; Chapt I, A Laboratory for Modern Man; II, Great Basin Shoshone: Cultural Improverishment; III, Eskimo: Environment & Adaptation; IV, The Sub-Artic: Living with Expediency; V, Southern California: The Potentialities of the Band; VI, Zuni: Unity Through Religion; VII, Iroquois: Primitive Democracy; VIII, Plains: Equestrian Revolution; IX, Northwest Coast: Status & Wealth; X, Natchez: People of the Sun; XI, Aztec: Study in Total Power. Part Two: The Long Migration: XII, The Peopling of North America; XIII, The Generations of Adam. And, Part Three, Societies Under Stress: XIV, The End of the Trail; XV, Borrowed Cultures; and XVI, The Hopes of the Oppressed.
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- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
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- Title
- MAN'S RISE TO CIVILIZATION : As Shwon By the Indians of North American from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State
- Author
- Farb, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- BOMC First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- History/Civilization/North America
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology/Ethnology;
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