Item #355069 A world on the wane / Claude Lévi-Strauss; translated from the French by John Russell. Claude Lévi-Strauss.

A world on the wane / Claude Lévi-Strauss; translated from the French by John Russell

1961, English Translated Edition. London: Hutchinson. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #355069

Physical description: 404 pages: illustrations (black and white), map, plates (1 color) portraits 24 cm. Contents: Pt. 1. Destinations -- pt. 2. From a log-book -- pt. 3. The New World -- pt. 4. A land and its people -- pt. 5. The Caduveo -- pt. 6. The Bororo -- pt. 7. The Nambikwara -- pt. 8. The Tupi-Kawahib -- pt. 9. The return. Subjects: Indians of South America Brazil. Indians of South America Brazil Social life and customs. Brazil Description and travel. Structural anthropology.

Price: €30.00

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