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Ralph Linton (1893–1953)

Author of The tree of culture

24+ Works 303 Members 0 Reviews

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Works by Ralph Linton

The tree of culture (1876) 95 copies

The study of man; an introduction (1936) 53 copies

Arts of the South Seas (1946) 52 copies

The cultural background of personality (1945) 39 copies

The science of man in the world crisis (1945) 11 copies

Acculturation in seven American Indian tribes (1940) 8 copies

Halloween Through Twenty Centuries (1950) 5 copies

Use of tobacco among North American Indians (2022) 5 copies

Ethnology of Polynesia and Micronesia (1926) 5 copies

Man's way from cave to skyscraper (1947) 4 copies

Purification of the Sacred Bundles, a Ceremony of the Pawnee (2009) 4 copies

We Gather Together, the Story of Thanksgiving (1949) 4 copies

Most of the World: The Peoples of Africa, Latin America, and the East Today (1949) — Editor — 3 copies

The thunder ceremony of the Pawnee (2011) 2 copies

The Lore of Birthdays. (1997) 2 copies

The sacrifice to the morning star by the Skidi Pawnee (2011) 2 copies

Annual ceremony of the Pawnee medicine men (1923) 2 copies

Culture and mental disorders 1 copy

O Homem. Uma Introducao A Antropologia (Em Portuguese do Brasil) 1 copy

The First Ten Years (1941-1951) 1 copy

The material culture of the Marquesas Islands 1 copy

Archaeology in the Marquesas Islands 1 copy

"The Origin of the Skidi Pawnee Sacrifice to the Morning Star," 1 copy

Breviarios del Fondo de Cultura Económica 1 copy

Associated Works

Reader in Comparative Religion: An Anthropological Approach (1958) — Contributor — 209 copies

Nigerian Images (1963) — Contributor — 26 copies

Unwrapping the Textile Traditions of Madagascar (2004) — Contributor — 17 copies

Introducing anthropology — Contributor — 4 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1893-02-27
Date of death: 1953-12-24
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of death: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Education: Harvard University (PhD|anthropology)
Occupations: anthropologist

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Statistics

Works: 24
Also by: 4
Members: 303
Popularity: #77,624
Rating: ½ 3.3

ISBNs: 32
Languages: 5

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