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- Author: G F Abbott
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN-10: 0521233429
- ISBN-13: 9780521233422
- Format: 14 x 21.6 x 2.2 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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G. F. Abbott spent two years at the turn of the twentieth century studying the cultural beliefs and folklore of Greek-speaking Macedonia. His results are formulated in this 1903 book and include accounts of such varying topics as the folk-calendar, funeral rites and bird legends among many other observations. Filled with anecdotes of his adventure and reports from local inhabitants, this work is a highly engaging travelogue with many ethnographic insights. Those interested in the development of anthropology will find Abbott's study a telling example of Victorian methods while the general reader will find his prose style warm and enjoyable.
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- Author: G F Abbott
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN-10: 0521233429
- ISBN-13: 9780521233422
- Format: 14 x 21.6 x 2.2 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
G. F. Abbott spent two years at the turn of the twentieth century studying the cultural beliefs and folklore of Greek-speaking Macedonia. His results are formulated in this 1903 book and include accounts of such varying topics as the folk-calendar, funeral rites and bird legends among many other observations. Filled with anecdotes of his adventure and reports from local inhabitants, this work is a highly engaging travelogue with many ethnographic insights. Those interested in the development of anthropology will find Abbott's study a telling example of Victorian methods while the general reader will find his prose style warm and enjoyable.
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