In Search of Us - Twelve Adventures in Anthropology

About the author

Lucy Moore was born in 1970 and educated in Britain and the US before reading history at Edinburgh. Voted one of the 'top twenty young writers in Britain' by the Independent on Sunday in 2001, her books include the bestselling Maharanis: The Lives & Times of Three Generations of Indian Princesses (Viking, 2004) and the acclaimed Liberty: The Lives and Times of Six Women in Revolutionary France (HarperCollins, 2006). Anything Goes is published by Atlantic in 2008.

Summary

The story of the pioneering anthropologists and their adventures among civilisations that were first thought of as being primitive and savage. What they discovered, however, would change the way we think about ourselves.

Foreword

The story of the pioneering anthropologists and their adventures among civilisations that were first thought of as being primitive and savage. What they discovered, however, would change the way we think about ourselves.

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Moore, Moore Lucy
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.04.2023
• EAN: 9781786499172
• ISBN: 978-1-78649-917-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 277 g
• Illustrations: Integrated b&w illos
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies: women and girls