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Coral gardens and their magic; a study of the methods of tilling the soil and of agricultural rites in the Trobriand Islands / by Bronislaw Malinowski; with 3 maps, 116 illustrations, and 24 figures.
LIBRA 572.9936 M294 V.1-V.2 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gardening--Papua New Guinea--Trobriand Islands.
- Gardening.
- Magic.
- Kiriwinian language.
- Language and languages.
- Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea).
- Papua New Guinea--Trobriand Islands.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : frontispiece, illustrations (including map) plates, 2 folded plans. ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : G. Allen & Unwin, [1935]
- Contents:
- v. 1. Introduction: Tribal economics and social organization of the Trobrianders. 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.
- OCLC:
- 6174779
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