The Apa Tanis and their neighbours : a primitive civilization of the Eastern Himalayas / Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Series:

Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography.

Routledge library editions. Antrhopology and ethnography. South Asia ; II

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apatani (Indic people).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

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. <BR> 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 so

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

Notes:

First published in 1962.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 14, 2013).

ISBN:

1-136-54536-0

1-138-86202-9

1-315-01782-2

1-136-54529-8

9781315017822

OCLC:

862823658