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Author Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995.

Title The Apa Tanis and their neighbours : a primitive civilization of the eastern Himalayas / Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf
Published London : Routledge, [2004, 1962]
©1962

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Description 1 online resource (184 pages)
Series Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. South Asia ; 2
Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. South Asia ; 2
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; I. The Utilization of Natural Resources; II. Trade and Barter; III. Social Structure; IV. The Position of Slaves; V. Family Life; VI. The Maintenance of Law and Order; VII. Relations with Neighbours in Peace and War; VIII. Religion and the Moral Order; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
Summary Inhabiting a secluded valley in the Eastern Himalayas, the Apa Tanis remained virtually unknown to the outside world until 1944-45 when the author spent several months in their villages, studying their internal social structure as well as their political and economic relations with neighbouring tribes. The economy of the Apa Tanis, who knew neither the principle of animal traction nor the wheel, resembled that of certain Neolithic societies, but the methods used in the exploitation of their natural environment were far from primitive, and a developed agriculture enabled a population of some 2
Notes Originally published: London: Routledge & K. Paul, 1962
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Apatani (Indic people)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Apatani (Indic people)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136545290
1136545298
9781315017822
1315017822
1138862029
9781138862029