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The forest people / Colin M. Turnbull.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: : Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. | : 4794/23, 1st Floor, Opp.-Eye7, Ansari Road, New DelhiPublication details: New York : Simon and Schuster , 1962.Description: 295p. : 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780671640996
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301.296 TUR
Summary: In this bestselling book, Colin Turnbull, a British cultural anthropologist, details the incredible Mbuti pygmy people and their love of the forest, and each other. Turnbull lived among the Mbuti people for three years as an observer, not a researcher, so he offers a charming and intimate firsthand account of the people and their culture, and especially the individuals and their personalities. The Forest People is a timeless work of academic and humanitarian significance, sure to delight readers as they take a trip into a foreign culture and learn to appreciate the joys of life through the eyes of the Mbuti people.
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In this bestselling book, Colin Turnbull, a British cultural anthropologist, details the incredible Mbuti pygmy people and their love of the forest, and each other. Turnbull lived among the Mbuti people for three years as an observer, not a researcher, so he offers a charming and intimate firsthand account of the people and their culture, and especially the individuals and their personalities. The Forest People is a timeless work of academic and humanitarian significance, sure to delight readers as they take a trip into a foreign culture and learn to appreciate the joys of life through the eyes of the Mbuti people.

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