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The tribal world of Verrier Elwin : An autobiography
Elwin Verrier
The tribal world of Verrier Elwin : An autobiography - Delhi Oxford University Press 1989 - 356p
Summary:
Verrier Elwin was an English missionary in India who was converted to Indian ways of thinking through contact with Mahatma Gandhi, the national movement, and tribal India. He studied and lived with several of the country's little-known tribes and became close to Gandhi as well as Nehru. This moving and well-written autobiography describes Elwin's remarkable experience in India and provides a fascinating look at this important pioneering anthropologist.
9780195623147
1.Autobiography - Elwin Verrier
305.560000 / ELW-2
The tribal world of Verrier Elwin : An autobiography - Delhi Oxford University Press 1989 - 356p
Summary:
Verrier Elwin was an English missionary in India who was converted to Indian ways of thinking through contact with Mahatma Gandhi, the national movement, and tribal India. He studied and lived with several of the country's little-known tribes and became close to Gandhi as well as Nehru. This moving and well-written autobiography describes Elwin's remarkable experience in India and provides a fascinating look at this important pioneering anthropologist.
9780195623147
1.Autobiography - Elwin Verrier
305.560000 / ELW-2