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The Yanomamö

by Napoleon A. Chagnon · 1968

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Based on the author's extensive fieldwork, this classic ethnography, now in its fifth edition, focuses on the Yanomamo. These truly remarkable South American people are one of the few primitive sovereign tribal societies left on earth. This new edition includes events and changes that have occurred since 1992, including a recent trip by the author to the Brazilian Yanomamo in 1995.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisanthropologyanthropologyMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of this
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archaeologyarchaeologyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
BrazilBrazilMore like thisLess of thisVenezuelaVenezuelaMore like thisLess of thisLatin AmericaLatin AmericaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 280 pages

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