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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

Title
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.
Author
Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942.
Publication
London, G. Allen & Unwin, [1935]

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Description
2 v. front., illus. (incl. map) plates, 2 fold. plans.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Gardening > Papua New Guinea > Trobriand Islands
  • Magic
  • Kiriwinian language
  • Language and languages
  • Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea)
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.
Call Number
QPH (Malinowski, B. Coral gardens and their magic)
LCCN
36000918
OCLC
6174779
Author
Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942.
Title
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.
Imprint
London, G. Allen & Unwin, [1935]
Research Call Number
QPH (Malinowski, B. Coral gardens and their magic)
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