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The Todas
William Halse Rivers Rivers
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R1,401
Discovery Miles 14 010
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The Todas
William Halse Rivers Rivers
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R1,090
Discovery Miles 10 900
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The Todas (Paperback)
William Halse Rivers Rivers
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R1,666
Discovery Miles 16 660
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A qualified physician with interests including neurology and
psychotherapy, W. H. R. Rivers (1864-1922) was influential in the
rise of experimental psychology as an academic discipline. He also
pioneered the 'talking cure' for shell shock during the First World
War. In 1897 Rivers was appointed a University Lecturer at
Cambridge, and the following year he joined a Cambridge expedition
to the Torres Strait to study the indigenous people's powers of
perception. Rivers' experiences in the Torres Strait kindled his
interest in anthropology and kinship systems, and in 1901-2 he
obtained a grant to study the genealogies and customs of the Todas,
inhabitants of a high plateau in south-west India. This illustrated
book, published in 1906 and regarded as a standard ethnography for
half a century, was the result. It focuses on the Todas' elaborate
dairy rituals, and the prayers associated with them, before
describing many other beliefs, customs and ceremonies.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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