Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits: Volume 5, Sociology, Magic and Religion of the Western Islanders

by A. Wilkin, Alfred C. Haddon, W.H.R. Rivers, et al.

Book Overview

Alfred Cort Haddon (1855-1940) was a highly influential British anthropologist and ethnologist who was instrumental in the foundation of a school of anthropology at Cambridge University. During 1898 and 1899, Haddon led an expedition which conducted ethnographical research in the Torres Strait, New Guinea, and Borneo. The main results of this expedition were compiled in a series of volumes, containing contributions from a diverse range of specialists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521179890
• ISBN13: 9780521179898
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 2.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.3" x 11.0"