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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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2 volumes : frontispiece, illustrations (including map), plates, 2 folded plans; 24 cm

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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.

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36000918

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ocm06174779

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