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Amazon Town: A Study of Human Life in the Tropics (Anniversary)

Amazon Town: A Study of Human Life in the Tropics (Anniversary)

Wagley, Charles
Pace, Richard
Kottak, Conrad

Paperback

AnthropologySouth American History

ISBN10: 0199335257
ISBN13: 9780199335251
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Nov 13 2013
Pages: 344
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
Charles Wagley (1913-1991) was an American anthropologist specializing in rural Latin America. His principal focus was on Brazil, where he is considered to be one of the founders of contemporary Brazilian anthropology. He made major contributions to the concept of culture areas for Latin America (including a typology of subcultures for the region) and to the notion that race was a cultural construct. He conducted extensive research in the Amazon among indigenous groups and rural Brazilians. Out of the latter came his classic description of life in the Amazon: Amazon Town. With this volume, editor/author Richard Pace has revised and updated Charles Wagley's Amazon Town to coincide with Wagley's 100th birthday in late 2013.

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