Never in Anger by Jean L Briggs

Never in Anger by Jean L Briggs

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Anthropologist Jean L. Briggs spent seventeen months living on a remote Arctic shore as the “adopted daughter” of an Inuit family. Through vignettes of daily life she unfolds a warm and perceptive tale of the behavioral patterns of the Utku people, their way of training children, and their handling of deviations from desired behavior.

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Never in Anger by Jean L Briggs

Anthropologist Jean L. Briggs spent seventeen months living on a remote Arctic shore as the adopted daughter of an Inuit family. Through vignettes of daily life she unfolds a warm and perceptive tale of the behavioral patterns of the Utku people, their way of training children, and their handling of deviations from desired behavior.
Absorbingly and affectingly writtenA remarkable book…one that bids to become an anthropological classic. * Publishers’ Weekly *
Jean L. Briggs is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Memorial University.
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ISBN 13 9780674608283
ISBN 10 0674608283
Title Never in Anger
Author Jean L Briggs
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Harvard University Press
Year published 1971-01-01
Number of pages 408
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.