Unknown Mexico - A Record of Five Years Exploration Among Tribes of Western Sierra

Klappentext A two-volume account! published in 1903 by a Norwegian ethnographer! of the five years he spent among Mexican Indians. Zusammenfassung In 1903 the Norwegian ethnographer and explorer Carl Lumholtz (1851–1922) published this two-volume account of the five years he spent living among indigenous tribes in the remote mountains of north-west Mexico. Volume 1 focuses on his search for the Tarahumare people, who inhabited mountainside cave dwellings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Preparations for the start; 2. A remarkable antique piece; 3. Camping at Upper Bavispe River; 4. A splendid field prepared for us by the ancient agriculturists of Cave Valley; 5. Second expedition; 6. Fossils, and one way of utilising them; 7. The uncontaminated Tarahumares; 8. The houses of the Tarahumares; 9. Arrival at Batopilas; 10. Nice-looking natives; 11. A priest and his family make the wilderness comfortable for us; 12. The Tarahumares still afraid of me; 13. The Tarahumares physique; 14. Politeness, and the demands of etiquette; 15. Many kinds of games among the Tarahumares; 16. Religion; 17. The shamans or wise men of the tribe; 18. Relation of man to nature; 19. Plant-worship; 20. The Tarahumare's firm belief in a future life; 21. Three weeks on foot through the Barranca; 22. Resumption of the journey southward; 23. Cerro de Muinora, the highest mountain in Chihuahua; 24. On to Morelos; 25. Winter in the High Sierra; 26. Pueblo Viejo; 27. Inexperienced help; 28. A glimpse of the Pacific from the High Sierra; 29. A cordial reception at San Francisco.

Product details

• Authors: Carl Lumholtz
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2011
• EAN: 9781108033589
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03358-9
• No. of pages: 586
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies; Unknown Mexico 2 Volume Paperback Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Mexico, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, Expeditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, TRAVEL / Mexico, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Expeditions: popular accounts, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Social and cultural anthropology, Classic Travel Writing