Those Who Live From the Sea; A Study in Maritime Anthropology
by M. Estellie Smith, Editor
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0829901396
- ISBN 13
- 9780829901399
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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CA$16.61CA$11.62
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About This Item
St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company, 1977 West Publishing Company, St. Paul, MN. 1977. Hardcover. First Edition. American Ethnological Society Monograph No. 62, Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O address label on the FFFP. Book Condition: Near Fine: scant bottom edge shelfwear. No DJ. Blue/Green pictorial laminate boards and spine with bright white lettering on the spine and front board. 276 pp 8vo. The purpose of this collection of papers is to explore the ethnography of maritime populations. The emphasis is on those peoples who earn their living by exploiting the resources of the sea; live in self-identified fishing communities; are facing especially rapid change in life styles due to technological-environmental evolution. These are a collection of papers from 15 different authors with studies performed in Europe, Africa, Asia and into the Americas, concluding with a cross-cultural study. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010048
- Title
- Those Who Live From the Sea; A Study in Maritime Anthropology
- Author
- M. Estellie Smith, Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0829901396
- ISBN 13
- 9780829901399
- Publisher
- West Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- St. Paul, MN
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- ethnography, fishing communities, maritime populations, anthropology, resources of the sea, fishing, fisherman, whaling, whaling communities, commercial fishing, environmental laws, fishing regulations, ocean pollution, diminishing fish populations,
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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