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The Apa Tanis and their neighbours : a primitive civilization of the eastern Himalayas /
Inhabiting a secluded valley in the Eastern Himalayas, the Apa Tanis remained virtually unknown to the outside world until 1944-45 when the author spent several months in their villages, studying their internal social structure as well as their political and economic relations with neighbouring trib...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge,
[2004, 1962]
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| Collection: | Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. South Asia ;
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Inhabiting a secluded valley in the Eastern Himalayas, the Apa Tanis remained virtually unknown to the outside world until 1944-45 when the author spent several months in their villages, studying their internal social structure as well as their political and economic relations with neighbouring tribes. The economy of the Apa Tanis, who knew neither the principle of animal traction nor the wheel, resembled that of certain Neolithic societies, but the methods used in the exploitation of their natural environment were far from primitive, and a developed agriculture enabled a population of some 2. |
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| Description: | Originally published: London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1962. |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (184 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781136545290 1136545298 9781315017822 1315017822 1138862029 9781138862029 |