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Eskimo Life

Autor Fridtjof Nansen
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2003
©For one whole winter we were cut off from the world and immured among the Greenlanders. I dwelt in their huts, took part in their hunting, and tried, as well as I could, to live their life and learn their language. ...©- Dr. Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930)
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781410206855
ISBN-10: 1410206858
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: University Press of the Pacific
Locul publicării:United States

Cuprins

Translator's preface; Author's preface; 1. Greenland and the Eskimo; 2. Appearance and dress; 3. The 'kaiak' and its appurtenances; 4. The Eskimo at sea; 5. Winter-houses, tents, woman-boats, and excursions; 6. Cookery and dainties; 7. Character and social conditions; 8. The position and work of women; 9. Love and marriage; 10. Morals; 11. Judicial proceedings, and entertainment; 12. Mental gifts and art; 13. Religious ideas; 14. The introduction of Christianity; 15. Europeans and natives; 16. What have we achieved; 17. Conclusion.

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In 1888–9, Fridtjof Nansen and his team wintered among the Greenlandic Inuit. This translated account was published in 1893.