The Life of the Copper Eskimos

by Barnett Richling, Diamond Jenness, The late Diamond Jenness

First published in 1922, The Life of the Copper Eskimos has long been regarded as a classic of Arctic ethnography. In this groundbreaking work, pioneer anthropologist Diamond Jenness describes in vivid detail the everyday interactions, practices, customs, and beliefs of the Copper Inuit (Inuinnait) with whom he lived from 1914 to 1916--people who were, at the time, barely touched by contact with the Western world. Featuring a new introduction that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199017867
• ISBN13: 9780199017867
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"