Tristes tropiques / Claude Levi-Strauss ; translated by John Weightman and Doreen Weightman ; introduction and notes by Patrick Wilcken.

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Lévi-Strauss, Claude

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Language: English Original language: French Series: Penguin classicsPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, c2012.Description: viii, 424 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. 22 cmISBN:

9780143106258 (pbk.)
0143106252 (pbk.)

Uniform titles:

Tristes Tropiques. English

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DDC classification:

981.01 LEV 23

LOC classification:

F2520 .L4813 2012

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Table of Contents

Contents:

Contents Introduction and Notes by Patrick Wilcken; Translators’ Note; Part One. An End to Journeying; 1. Setting Out; 2. On Board Ship; 3. The West Indies; 4. The Quest for Power; Part Two. Travel Notes; 5. Looking Back; 6. The Making of an Anthropologist; 7. Sunset; Part Three. The New World; 8. The Doldrums; 9. Guanabara; 10. Crossing the Tropic; 11. São Paulo; Part Four. The Earth and its Inhabitants; 12. Towns and Countryside; 13. Pioneer Zone; 14. The Magic Carpet; 15. Crowds; 16. Markets; Part Five. Caduveo; 17. Parana; 18. Pantanal; 19. Nalike; 20. A Native Community and its Life-Style; Part Six. Bororo; 21. Gold and Diamonds; 22. Virtuous Savages; 23. The Living and the Dead; Part Seven. Nambikwara; 24. The Lost World; 25. In the Sertão; 26. On the Line; 27. Family Life; 28. A Writing Lesson; 29. Men, Women and Chiefs; Part Eight. Tupi-Kawahib; 30. A Canoe Trip; 31. Robinson Crusoe; 32. In the Forest; 33. The Village of the Crickets; 34. The Farce of the Japim Bird; 35. Amazonia; 36. Seringal; Part Nine. The Return; 37. The Apotheosis of Augustus; 38. A Little Glass of Rum*; 39. Taxila; 40. The Kyong; Photographs; Index

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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"This translation first published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape 1973"--T.p. verso.

Contents
Introduction and Notes by Patrick Wilcken;
Translators’ Note;
Part One. An End to Journeying;
1. Setting Out;
2. On Board Ship;
3. The West Indies;
4. The Quest for Power;
Part Two. Travel Notes;
5. Looking Back;
6. The Making of an Anthropologist;
7. Sunset;
Part Three. The New World;
8. The Doldrums;
9. Guanabara;
10. Crossing the Tropic;
11. São Paulo;
Part Four. The Earth and its Inhabitants;
12. Towns and Countryside;
13. Pioneer Zone;
14. The Magic Carpet;
15. Crowds;
16. Markets;
Part Five. Caduveo;
17. Parana;
18. Pantanal;
19. Nalike;
20. A Native Community and its Life-Style;
Part Six. Bororo;
21. Gold and Diamonds;
22. Virtuous Savages;
23. The Living and the Dead;
Part Seven. Nambikwara;
24. The Lost World;
25. In the Sertão;
26. On the Line;
27. Family Life;
28. A Writing Lesson;
29. Men, Women and Chiefs;
Part Eight. Tupi-Kawahib;
30. A Canoe Trip;
31. Robinson Crusoe;
32. In the Forest;
33. The Village of the Crickets;
34. The Farce of the Japim Bird;
35. Amazonia;
36. Seringal;
Part Nine. The Return;
37. The Apotheosis of Augustus;
38. A Little Glass of Rum*;
39. Taxila;
40. The Kyong;
Photographs;
Index

Translated from the French.

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