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Title

Coral gardens and their magic; a study of the methods of tilling the soil and of agricultural rites in the Trobriand Islands.

Author

Malinowski, Bronislaw, 1884-1942.

Publication

New York, American Book Co. [c1935]

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2 v. front., illus., map, plates, fold. plans.; 25 cm.

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"British edition published by George Allen & Unwin ltd.,...London, England."

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Contents

v.1. Introduction: Tribal economics and social organisation 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.

OCLC

404287

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