Amazon Town: A Study of Human Life in the Tropics (Anniversary)

by Charles Wagley

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Charles Wagley (1913-1991) was an American anthropologist specializing in rural Latin America. His principal focus was on Brazil, where he is considered to be one of the founders of contemporary Brazilian anthropology. He made major contributions to the concept of culture areas for Latin America (including a typology of subcultures for the region) and to the notion that race was a cultural construct. He conducted extensive research in the Amazon among...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0199335257

ISBN13:9780199335251

Release Date:November 2013

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:344 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"

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