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The tribal world of Verrier Elwin : an autobiography.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964.
- Elwin, Verrier.
- Anthropologists--England--Biography.
- Anthropologists.
- England.
- Ethnology--India.
- Ethnology.
- India.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiography.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 356 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Bombay : Oxford University Press, 1964.
- Summary:
- Presents the autobiography of a self-trained anthropologist, ethnologist and tribal activist, who began his career in India as a Christian missionary. He is best known for his early work with the Baigas and Gonds of central India. He became an authority on Indian tribal lifestyle and culture, particularly on the Gondi people.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Winner of the 1965 Sahitya Akademi Award in English Language, given by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964. Tribal world of Verrier Elwin.
- OCLC:
- 1576037
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