Primitive Classification


By: Durkheim, Emile; Mauss, Marcel

Price: $20.00

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Book itself is clean and attractive with no defect of note save former owner's name written small on front free endpaper. Dustjacket paper retains its crispness. Only fault is a small tear to top of spine which will be nicely contained in brand new mylar. Has not been price-clipped. Book is translated from the French. Lengthjy introduction by Rodney Needham. Book operates from the premise that the human mind is capable of and seeks classification. The topic is covered via different cultures -- Ausrtalian, Zuni, Sioux, and Chinese. 96 pages.

Title: Primitive Classification

Author Name: Durkheim, Emile; Mauss, Marcel

Edition: First English Edition

Location Published: London & Melbourne, Cohen & West: 1963

Binding: Hard Cover

Book Condition: Fine

Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Categories: Anthropology

Seller ID: 26055TB

Keywords: classification. australian types of classification . china. zuni and souix.