The Dynamics of Culture Change: An Inquiry Into Race Relations in Africa
Language: English
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1945
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Xiv, (Iii), 171 Pp. Tan Cloth. First Printing. An Unusually Nice Copy. Dust Jacket With Almost No Wear , 3/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Front Panel, 1/2" Closed Tear And 1/8" Hole And Small Associated Irregularity On Rear Panel, Else Near Fine. "This Posthumous Book Represents His Considered Views On The African Question, And By Extension On The Whoe Problem Of Rce Where The White Man Has Moved Into Territories Occupied By Other Men Of Different Color. The Innumerable Frictions Arising From The White Man's Promise Of A Better World Hand His Frequent Failure, From The Native Point Of View, To Provide It. This Is Of Course One Of The Central Problems That Will Confront The Great Powers During And After The Present War, And It Is Doubtful That Any Man Of Science Has Been Better Equipped Than Professor Malinowski To Deal With It." Certainly The Book That Furnished The Starting Point Of Conversations By Politicians, Administrators, Bureaucrats, And Lower Level Functionaries For Many Years. In That Alternative World Not Populated So Fruitfully By Pompous Unread Unlistening Sociopaths Who Rise To Levels Of Power Far Beyond Their Own Understanding. In This World, Reprinted As Later As 1969 But Only Read Through By A Few Students. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Dynamics of Culture Change: An Inquiry Into Race Relations in Africa
- Author
- Malinowski, Bronislaw (edited By Phyllis M. Kaberry)
- Publisher
- Yale University Press, New Haven
- Publication year
- 1945
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good + Dust Jacket
- Binding
- Cloth
- Language
- English
- Edition
- First Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Africa: History, Art, Culture and Travel, Economics and Business, Government, Politics, Law, Punishment, & Human Rights, or Lack Thereof
Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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