Steward Faron (17 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1967/1978. Mesoamerica, South America, Native Americans. University of Illinois Press. Very good paperback but cover is slightly scuffed 302p. 7/24.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. First edition. Very clean, unworn volume.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. NATIVE PEOPLES OF SOUTH AMERICA, Julian H. Steward and Louis Faron, hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, illustrated with B/W photos, 1959. BOOK CONDITION: very good. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition, with no tears, dogears, or marks. No bookplate or signature of prior owner. Not a library book or remainder. The brown cloth boards are in very good condition (bumping of spine, some shelf wear on bottom edges). The dust jacket is in fair condition (chipping, tears). 9 ĵ x 6, 481 pages, 34 ounces XX [From the dust jacket flaps] This vividly illustrated book presents a cultural-historical description of the South American Indians from their first appearance in South America to the present day. The treatment of archaeological or prehistoric materials emphasizes the sociological meaning of these materials, rather than types of pottery, building, art motifs, etc. An understanding is sought as to how kinship groups, communities, states, and empires of different kinds were formed. Explanations are offered as to why the different varieties of prehistoric and modern South American Indian cultures developed. Thus, the authors delve into sociocultural theory, and advance explanations in terms of: cultural ecological adaptations; the role of surplus production; the role of diffused economic and technological elements and religious, military, and political patterns; and the developing needs of authority and social integration. While many Indians retain today somewhat aboriginal cultures in South America, many more have modified cultures resulting from western influences. The treatment of these modified cultures is in a framework of comparative perspective with similar changes among native populations in other world areas. This book is unique in the field because it treats the South American Indians not only in terms of their prehistoric and aboriginal cultures, but also in terms of their acculturation from the Spanish and Portuguese Conquest up to modern times, when a world industrial culture is reaching native populations everywhere. XX JULIAN H. STEWARD Ph.D., University of California. This author taught at the University of Michigan, University of Utah, University of California, and Columbia University before joining the staff of the University of Illinois in 1952. He has spent 3 years as Senior Anthropologist for the Bureau of American Ethnology and 5 years as Director of the Institute of Social Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution. In this latter position he supervised a research staff in various South American countries to study post-Columbian changes among the contemporary Indians, which resulted in a series of publications by the Institute of Social Anthropology. LOUIS C. FARON Ph.D., Columbia University. This author spent 14 months in Chile living among the Araucanian Indians and has written two articles about them as well as a completed monograph which is still in manuscript form.

Hardback in tan cloth boards. Condition: VeryGood unmarked. Later printing. A general summary of the 6-vol set Handbook of So. Am. Indians. 6-1/4 x 9-1/4, 481 pp, index, notes, b/w photos & illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 481 pp., Photos, Brn Hardback, VG, no DJ, 1st ed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1959, later printing. South America, Native Americans. McGraw-Hill. 481p., very good brown cloth, no jacket. 3/248/23.

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, octavo, grey cloth lettered black, no dust jacket, a tightly bound copy, free of marking but with some light foxing to the closed page edges. Illustrated, xi + 481pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition, 9th Printing. Text/faint folding creases to 3 pgs (11, 13, & 15), else bright, clean, As New. Gray linen boards/Fine. DJ/None. PO name to fEP. Between 1949 to 1950 six volumes of Handbook of South American Indians was published; some 90 contributed to this endeavor which was essentail descriptive in nature. This volume offers a convenient summary of the Handbook supplemented by theory and interpretation and updates in scholarship. The 15 chapters are: 1, South American Culture in Perspective; 2, Foundations of New World Cultures; 3, Environment, Production, & Culture; 4, The Central Andean Irrigation Civilization: Prehistoric; 5, Native Central Andean Culture of the Historic Era; 6. Chiefdoms of the Circum-Caribbean Area & Eastern Bolivia; 7, Warring Chiefdoms of the Northern Andes & Central America; 8, Theocratic Chiefdoms of Venezuela & the Greater Antilles; 9, Chiefdoms of Eastern Bolivia: Tropical-forest Chiefdoms; 10, Farmers & Pastoralists of the Southern Andes; 11, Farm Villages of the Tropical Forests: General Features; 12, Varieties of Tropical-forest Villages; 13, Nomadic Hunters & Gatherers: General Features; 14, Varieties of Nomadic Hunters & Gatherers; and, 15, Retrospect & Prospect. Fine copy.

Condition: Very Good.

Super 8vo hardcover (VG-) lacking d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good Plus. Reprint. xi, 481pp; index, bw ills. Or grey cloth lacking jacket. Considerable hilighting on approx 40pp. Looks at the ethnology of numerous native peoples in all regions of South America. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. The cover has a little wear. The page edges are lightly foxed and tanned. 481 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. 481pp.incl.index; HB green w/pale yellow; rubbed w/wear on corners&edges; clean,tight pgs. DJ pale green w/white-photo cover; rubbed w/many chips&tears. " .will fill a long-felt need --- that of a good, one-volume work on the Indians of South America . the book is written simply and attractively enough to make it a palatable introduction to the subject for the interested layman." Authoritative text & hundreds of pictures.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. ex library hardback in cloth boards, usual stamps/markings. 1959 1st edition published by McGraw-Hill, New York. Age related wear to boards & page edges grubby, fep & rep split at hinges but binding intact. Will despatch within 24 hours from Uk. 44G*.

xi, 481 pages, 67 photographs, 33 drawings, 14 maps. Cloth cover.