SAINTS, SCHOLARS, AND SCHIZOPHRENICS
by Scheper-Hughes, Nancy
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine to Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0520047869
- ISBN 13
- 9780520047860
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1982. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Trade Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. Now considered a landmark work in sociology and anthropology, winner of the 1981 Margaret Mead Award, this beautifully written, sympathetic and sensitive study of mental illness in rural Ireland was seen as a classic work from its initial publication. Seventh Printing of the First Paperback Edition; Text is clean, tight, square; red pictorial wrappers show only very minor surface and edgewear. Scarce.
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- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002951
- Title
- SAINTS, SCHOLARS, AND SCHIZOPHRENICS
- Author
- Scheper-Hughes, Nancy
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine to Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus, Later Printing.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0520047869
- ISBN 13
- 9780520047860
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley & Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- IRELAND, MENTAL HEALTH, ANTHROPOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Literature; Social Science; Miscellaneous;
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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Fine
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- Wrappers
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Trade Paperback
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