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Behind the Mexican mountains / Robert Zingg ; edited by Howard Campbell, John Peterson, and David Carmichael.

Title
Behind the Mexican mountains / Robert Zingg ; edited by Howard Campbell, John Peterson, and David Carmichael.
Author
Zingg, Robert M. (Robert Mowry), 1900-1957.
Publication
Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2001.

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  • Campbell, Howard, 1957-
  • Peterson, John Allen, 1950-
  • Carmichael, David L.
  • University of Chicago
Description
xxviii, 307 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
The author, a renowned anthropologist, wrote this personal travelogue of his sojourn among the Tarahumara Indians in 1930. The book, unpublished in his lifetime, describes the landscape, people, traditions, language, and archaeology of the Chihuahua, Mexico region.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Zingg, Robert M. 1900-1957
  • Tarahumara Indians
  • Chihuahua (Chihuahua, Mexico) > Description and travel
  • Chihuahua (Mexico : State) > Description and travel
Note
  • "This book is based on the University of Chicago expedition of Tarahumara ethnography to Chihuahua, Mexico, in 1930"--P. [vii].
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction / Howard Campbell -- Ch. 1. Railroads, Revolutions, and Schoolteachers -- Ch. 2. Mexicans, Mines, and American Capitalists -- Ch. 3. Personalities Emerge from Wooden Indians -- Ch. 4. Tarahumara Men and Women at Home and at Work -- Ch. 5. Tarahumara Children and Adults at Play -- Ch. 6. Curing, Races, and Death Customs among the Tarahumaras -- Ch. 7. More Drinking Bouts in the Celebrations of "Catholic" Christmas -- Ch. 8. Officials, Government, and Politics among the Tarahumaras -- Ch. 9. Liquor, Guns, and Religion in the Mexican Picture -- Ch. 10. The Mexican Powers: Religious, Civil, and Military -- Ch. 11. Ready-Made Archaeology, Trips, and Talks -- Ch. 12. Ancient and Modern Cave-Dwellers in the Gorges.
ISBN
  • 0292798083 (alk. paper)
  • 0292798091 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2001023084
OCLC
  • 45835608
  • SCSB-11389701
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