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Eskimo boyhood : an autobiography in psychosocial perspective / Charles C. Hughes ; illustrated by Dirk Gringhnis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hughes, Charles C., author.
- Series:
- Studies in anthropology (Lexington, Ky.) ; 8.
- Studies in Anthropology ; Number 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eskimos--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island--Social life and customs.
- Eskimos.
- Eskimos--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island--Biography.
- Kakianak, Nathan--Childhood and youth.
- Kakianak, Nathan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (440 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1974.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Story of an Eskimo growing up on St. Lawrence Island during 1930's and 1940's and an analysis of the major trends in socio-cultural change in a small and isolated corner of the world.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part One: Place, Time, and Person; Part Two: The Life; 1. At Camp; 2. A Child's View of School; 3. The New House; 4. War; 5. Fourth of July Footrace; 6. Bird Netting with Kakianak; 7. Nathan Joins the Church; 8. Unloading the Ship; 9. The Dream Seal; 10. A Hard Lesson; 11. Truant Hunter; 12. The Christmas Prograin; 13. A Crewman for Kogoyak; 14. Akoak's Death; 15. The Ancient Enemy; 16. High Seas to Savoonga; 17. Back to Southwest Cape; Part Three: Self and Society; Postlude; References Cited
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813194691
- 0813194695
- 9780813163505
- 0813163501
- OCLC:
- 560024206
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