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Westport 1973, Hyperion. Beige cloth, 280p., index, 3 maps, glossary, 31 b. w. photos, grammar, very good, clean copy, bright,14 x 22 cm., exact reprint of the 1941 First Edition. Results of ethnological research carried out 1937-38, on the Min Chia or Bai minority culture. Covers ancestor worship, gods, magic and myths, family, home, foreign contacts & change. The life, customs & religion covered. The author lived among them during 1937-8 in Yunnan's Dali. He also includes a vocabulary of their language, never before recorded. * An excellent primary resource on this ethnic minorities of Y nnan. * .

Caravan Press. 2005. Trade paperback. New.. 309 p. Includes: illustrations, bibliography. . A contribution to the study of a tribal people, Min Chia, or the bai ethnic minority, as it is officially called nowadays. By living among this people in the late 1930s in DaLi, Yunnan Province, China, Professor C. P. Fitzgerald examines the culture of Min Chia, \ their living environment, rice-based economy, language, three religions, family and kinship, travel, foreign contacts and missionaries. This book is greatly enhanced by historical photos from the 1930s taken by Fitzgerald. the book also includes a grammar and vocabulary of the Min Chia language.

London: Cresset Press, 1941. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 280pp., frontis., b/w pls., maps, index, Nice copy in war-time textured linen boards with a slightly chipped & faded dust jacket. Scarce

London: The Cresset Press, 1941. First edition. Hardcover. near fine/near fine. octavo. 280pp. Fully illustrated. A very nice copy in a lightly chipped dust jacket. There is a closed tear at dust jacket flap. In a brodart protective wrapper.

London 1941, Cresset. Beige cloth, 280p., index, glossary, 31 b.w. photos, grammar, 3 maps, very good, 14.5 x 22 cm. FIRST EDITION Results of ethnological research carried out 1937-38, on the Min Chia or Bai minority culture. Covers ancestor worship, gods, magic and myths, family, home, foreign contacts & change. The life, customs & religion covered. The author lived among them during 1937-8 in Yunnan's Dali. He also includes a vocabulary of their language, never before recorded. * An excellent primary resource on this ethnic minorities of Y nnan. * .

London 1941, Cresset. Beige cloth, 280p., index, glossary, 31 b. w. photos, grammar, 3 maps, very clean, dust jacket in protector, 14.5 x 22 cm., sharp copy. FIRST EDITION Results of ethnological research carried out 1937-38, on the Min Chia or Bai minority culture. Covers ancestor worship, gods, magic and myths, family, home, foreign contacts & change. The life, customs & religion covered. The author lived among them during 1937-8 in Yunnan's Dali. He also includes a vocabulary of their language, never before recorded. * An excellent primary resource on this ethnic minorities of Y nnan. * .