Noble Savages: My Life Among Two Dangerous Tribes--The Yanomamo and the Anthropologists

by Napoleon A. Chagnon

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The most controversial and famous anthropologist of our time describes his seminal lifelong research among the Yanomam Indians of the Amazon basin and how his startling observations provoked admiration among many fellow anthropologists and outrage among others. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC MEMOIRS OF OUR TIME When Napoleon Chagnon arrived in Venezuela's Amazon region in 1964 to study the Yanomam Indians, one of the last large tribal groups...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0684855100

ISBN13:9780684855103

Release Date:February 2013

Publisher:Simon & Schuster

Length:531 Pages

Weight:1.81 lbs.

Dimensions:1.6" x 6.4" x 9.7"

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