The North Alaskan Eskimo : a study in ecology and society
Title:
The North Alaskan Eskimo : a study in ecology and society
JLCTITLE245:
by Robert F. Spencer.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1959.
Physical Description:
vi, 490 pages, [12] pages of plates (3 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Also issued as House document no. 249, 85th Congress, 1st session.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-461) and index.
Additional Physical Form Available:
Also issued online.
Contents:
The land and the people -- Language -- Houses and settlements -- Family and kinship -- Customary law -- Economy and society -- Property, wealth, and status -- Competition and cooperation -- Voluntary associations -- Trade -- The Messenger Feast (kimnic)-- The individual and the life cycle -- The supernatural -- Shamanism -- The cults -- Culture change -- Folklore -- Appendices. Tobacco ; Dogs ; Pottery ; Time reckoning, enumeration.