Primitive environment (49 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Original U.S. Edition , book, binding DJ and text all in fine condition, binding tight and square no damage, DJ with price not clipped text clean and unmarked no names no stamps.

Good plus or better, light general wear, lightly soiled. First Printing Cloth Folio Lightly worn jacket, top corner of front flap clipped. Pages browned. Endpapers foxed. Friday, August 5, 2011 Early racist anthropological work, attempting to prove inherent racial differences in intelligence.

From the library of historian John Wright, author of various works on the Zulus, and signed by him on the front free endpaper. 4to; original red rexine, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 128, incl. index; lavishly illustrated in colour and monochrome, with some maps. Dustwrapper a little foxed to reverse side; trace of foxing to edges. Good to very good condition. "In his opening chapter Dr Brain writes: 'A major purpose of this book is to ask whether it is in fact feasible to help isolated, exotic cultures to survive in a modern world . or whether all minority people of this planet must now radically change their way of life, or die.' This book looks at the colonizing process from the side of the many simple societies that were forced to undergo the traumatic experience of contact with European culture. It looks at what happened then (extinction in Tasmania ad Tierra del Fuego) and at what is happening now (extinction and enforced change in Brazil, North America, Australia and elsewhere). In conclusion Robert Brain puts the case for a new world of the future, in which differences between peoples would not only be tolerated, but encouraged. Time, however, is short. 'Most of the groups which we commonly call 'primitive' will have disappeared within one generation from now unless drastic measures are taken.". …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1972 Edition.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Sorry, No international shipping on this item.Ex-Library hardcover no dj (blredack boards) with all the usual markings, possible attachments, and library wear. Text block clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Illustrated photographic look at the effects of colonialism on traditional cultures throughout the world and history. Copy is in good condition. Minimal wear to the red cloth boards. Clean, unmarked interior. Tightly bound with no lean to the spine. Dust jacket is good+. Some general wear and creasing around the edges. Only the most minor chipping to top and bottom of spine; no significant loss at all. Due to the size and weight, additional shipping charges may be required depending on destination.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. The book is very good with slight edge wear and tape residue to end papers from mylar jacket in a very good dust jacket with slight edge wear and a one inch closed tear to lower spine end.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Near fine grey cloth octavo hardcover. No dj. No names or markings to text. First edition with full number line. 8vo. 223pp index. Lit hist.

Condizione: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. Primitive Intelligence and Environment. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Condizione: New.

PF. Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. original cloth hardcover, 325 pages, spine lightly faded otherwise very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B112.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Macmillan January 1937 Binding: Hardcover.

Condizione: New. In English.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. A good example of racism in the field of anthropology, however this does contain some good insight and observations of Australian Aboriginal peoples. Book has light , yellowing of pages, small closed tear of front end page, and book plate on inside cover. DJ has minor edge wear, some light chipping, a few small closed tears and minro scuffing. Time Tested Books has been located in the same place and owned by the same people for over 20 years. We have an excellent rep. We also have tens of thousands of titles in stock and are an open shop, so when in the Sacramento area, stop in.…

Condizione: Good. Envoi rapide Bon Etat qlq taches et écornures. in4. 1972. Cartonné jaquette. 136 pages. Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Stated first printing. Previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (minor edge wear, upper corner of front flap is clipped) dust jacket. B000FMMUBK.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. The dust jacket has light wear and it is lightly tanned. The dust jacket has been clipped. The inside cover has been signed by a previous owner. The edges of the book are somewhat tanned and lightly spotted. 128 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size J: 12"-13" Tall (304-330mm).…

Hardcover. Condizione: VG-. No Jacket. 1st ed. xix+325; edges of paste-downs and end-papers browning, rather flowery 1937-dated joint signature to front end-paper plus a stamp in capitals ' O S C/ Dept of Psych', otherwise internally clean, tight & unmarked in generally clean and minimally worn red cloth covers, slight rubbing to extremities.…

6813 1072 128PP. ILLUSTRATED. HARD COVER WITH A DUST JACKET. OVERSIZE VOLUME. VERY GOOD CONDITION. STE 123.

Condizione: Very Good. Powell explores how environmental conditions shape the culture, subsistence, and social organisation of Indigenous groups, using American examples to illustrate broader anthropological principles. 13 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: Smithsonian Institution; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: New. In English.

x+326pp. 8vo. Original cloth. A very good copy. First edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. NO Dustwrapper. Simple societies and the effect modern civilisation has on them. George Philip & Son Ltd, London 1972. illus 128pp hb inside spine split, drawing on fep, picture removed, page edges browned, fair.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condizione: New.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…