Edmund Leach An Anthropological Life |
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| Author:
| Tambiah, Stanley J. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-52102-4 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2002 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $45.99 |
Book Description:
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Edmund Leach is widely regarded as the outstanding figure in Cambridge archaeology in the second half of the twentieth century, and as one of the leading social anthropologists of his generation. Stanley Tambiah's intellectual biography of Leach covers his professional career and situation and reviews his writings. The work is organised chronologically provides an introductory assessment and a closing, personal, portrait, and two brief chapters discuss Leach's early years. But the bulk...
More DescriptionEdmund Leach is widely regarded as the outstanding figure in Cambridge archaeology in the second half of the twentieth century, and as one of the leading social anthropologists of his generation. Stanley Tambiah's intellectual biography of Leach covers his professional career and situation and reviews his writings. The work is organised chronologically provides an introductory assessment and a closing, personal, portrait, and two brief chapters discuss Leach's early years. But the bulk of the book deals with Leach's anthropological projects.