Journeys to the edge : in the footsteps of an anthropologist

Journeys to the edge : in the footsteps of an anthropologist / Peter M. Gardner.

Author/creator	Gardner, Peter M.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2006.
Description	viii, 230 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Gardner, Peter M. Ethnologists--United States --Biography. Paliyan (Indic people)--Social life and customs. Chipawayan Indians--Canada, Northern --Social life and customs. Ethnology--India --Fieldwork. Ethnology--Canada --Fieldwork. Canada--Social life and customs. India--Social life and customs.

Contents	Come with me -- With hunter-gatherers in the South Indian jungle -- Lured back to India -- Braving Canada's North -- Quick Asian postscripts -- Treading old paths and new.
Abstract	"Gardner offers a vicarious anthropological experience as he describes his research trips to study the Paliyans of the tropical forests of India, the Dene in the Northwest Territories of Canada, and the sophisticated arts of India and Japan. Reveals both the scientific and the family dimensions of the ethnographer's experience"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-227) and index.
LCCN	2005029154
ISBN	082621634X (alk. paper)
ISBN	9780826216342

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	GN21.G37 A3 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold