Author

Contributions

  • N. J. Allen (Editor) - Contributor
  • Dominique Lussier (Translator) - Contributor

Publication

2007-09-01 - Berghahn Books

Language

English

Word Count

62,000 words, Guess

Page Count

248 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101845453212
  • ISBN-139781845453213
  • LibraryThing2127184
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008270070
  • OCLC Control Number148842978
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  • Better World Books9781845453213
  • Better World BooksP8-BOY-530
  • Open LibraryOL11912359M

Classifications

  • LCCGN315 M3713 2007

Description

"Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) was the leading social anthropologist in Paris between the world wars, and his Manuel d'ethnographie, dating from that period, is the longest of all his texts. Despite having had four editions in France, the Manuel has hitherto been unavailable in English. This contrasts with his essays, many of which have long enjoyed the status of classics within anthropology. We are therefore pleased to present, in the English language for the first time, this extraordinary work that is based on the more than thirty lectures Mauss delivered each year under the title 'Instructions in descriptive ethnography, intended for travellers, administrators and missionaries.' Mauss's treatment of fundamental questions, such as how to conceptualize and classify the range of social phenomena known to us from history and ethnography, has lost none of its freshness."--Jacket.

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Other Editions

  • The Manual of EthnologyHardcoverBerghahn Books2007-09-01
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