Borofsky, Robert
Making history: Pukapukan and anthropological constructions of knowledge / Robert Borofsky; drawings by David Friedman
Reprint Hardcover Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York: Cambridge University Press , 1989 




Book Publishing Details
Author: Borofsky, Robert
Full title:Making history: Pukapukan and anthropological constructions of knowledge / Robert Borofsky; drawings by David Friedman
Publisher:Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York: Cambridge University Press , 1989
Edition:Reprint
Binding:Hardcover
ISBN:0521305209
EAN:9780521305204
Book ID:354945
Comments & Item Features
Reprint. Language: English. ISBN: 0521305209. EAN: 9780521305204.

Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.

Physical description: xxii, 201 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Contents: Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations -- Foreword Alan Howard -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Differing accounts of the past -- 2. Pukapukan social organization: A perspective on anthropological ways of knowing -- 3. Acquiring traditional knowledge: Pukapukan ways of knowing, Part I -- 4. Validating traditional knowledge: Pukapukan ways of knowing, Part II -- 5. Making history -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Ethnology Cook Islands Pukapuka Atoll. Knowledge, Theory of.Education Cook Islands Pukapuka Atoll. Ethnology Methodology.



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BZDB318 Unbranded ISBN: 0521305209 EAN: 9780521305204 Borofsky, Robert Making history: Pukapukan and anthropological constructions of knowledge / Robert Borofsky; drawings by David Friedman