Title Coral gardens and their magic : a study of the methods of tilling the soil and of agricultural rites in the Trobriand Islands / by Bronisław Malinowski

Published New York : Dover Publications, 1978

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W'PONDS	630.9953 Mal		AVAILABLE

Description 2 volumes in 1 : illustrations ; 21 cm Contents v.1. Introduction: Tribal economics and social organisation of the Trobriaders. Gardens and their magic on a coral atoll. Documents and appendices. v.2. An ethnographic theory of language and some practical corollaries. Corpus inscriptionum agriculturae quiriviniensis; or, The language of gardens. An ethnographic theory of the magical word. Magical formulae Notes Includes indexes Reprint of the 1935 ed. published by American Book Co., New York Subject Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands. Kiriwinian language. Religion -- Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands. Traditional farming -- Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands. Trobriand Islanders -- Agriculture. SUBJECT Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137956 -- Religion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002007663 LC no. 77088944 ISBN 0486235971

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