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Being an Anthropologist, Fieldwork in Eleven Cultures [Hardcover]
by Spindler, George D. (editor); Homer Barnett, Alan R. Beals, Jeremy Boissevain, Robert Dentan, Norma Diamond, C. W. M. Hart, John T. Hitchcock, John Hostetler, Lincoln Keiser, Edward Norbeck, et al
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Binder's cloth/No dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0030811058
- ISBN 13
- 9780030811050
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Clothbound hardcover. Near Fine condition. Clean, square, tight copy. No remainder mark. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with 2 maps, and numerous photographs. Bibliography. Originally issued in softcover, this copy has been professionally rebound in full cloth. The title and author's name are imprinted in type on the spine. The binder has preserved the book's original front wrapper by mounting it on the cloth cover. This is a desirable copy, especially for those who prefer a hardcover binding. First Printing, with complete number row (123456789) on copyright page. Contains: PALAUAN JOURNAL by Homer G. Barnett; GOPALPUR, 1958-1960 by Alan R. Beals; FIELDWORK IN MALTA by Jeremy F. Boissevain; LIVING AND WORKING WITH THE SEMAI by Robert K. Dentan; FIELDWORK IN A COMPLEX SOCIETY: TAIWAN by Norma Diamond; FIELDWORK AMONG THE TIWI, 1928-1929 by C. W. M. Hart; FIELDWORK IN GHURKA COUNTRY by John T. Hitchcock; THE HUTTERITES: FEILDWORK IN A NORTH AMERICAN COMMUNAL SOCIETY by John A. Hostetler and Gertrude Enders Huntington; FIELDWORK AMONG THE VICE LORDS OF CHICAGO by R. Lincoln Keiser; CHANGING JAPAN: FIELD RESEARCH by Edward Norbeck; FIELDWORK AMONG THE MENOMINI by George and Louise Spindler. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Binder's cloth/No dust jacket. 8vo. xv, 304pp.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Being an Anthropologist, Fieldwork in Eleven Cultures [Hardcover]
- Author
- Spindler, George D. (editor); Homer Barnett, Alan R. Beals, Jeremy Boissevain, Robert Dentan, Norma Diamond, C. W. M. Hart, John T. Hitchcock, John Hostetler, Lincoln Keiser, Edward Norbeck, et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Binder's cloth
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0030811058
- ISBN 13
- 9780030811050
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archeology / Anthropology;
- Size
- 8vo. xv, 304pp
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