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Record #176460:

Eskimos / Kaj Birket-Smith.

Title: Eskimos / Kaj Birket-Smith.
Author(s): Birket-Smith, Kaj.
Date: 1971.
Publisher: New York: Crown
Abstract: Illustrated general survey of Eskimos, including accounts of life, culture and world view. Describes physical types and psychological traits. Draws on systematic examination of language to provide insight into culture and mind-set.
Keywords: 39 -- Ethnography: Eskimo.
113/119 -- Attitudes to nature.
392 -- Social customs.
398 -- Native peoples, folk beliefs and tales.
572 -- Anthropology, physical.
T -- Social anthropology and ethnography.
(*3) -- Arctic regions.
(*38) -- Greenland.
(*41) -- Canada.
(*49) -- Alaska.
Location(s): SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*3) : 39[Eskimo]
SPRI record no.: 176460

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