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    Proceedings of the second congress, Canadian Ethnology Society: Volume 1
    Proceedings of the second congress, Canadian Ethnology Society: Volume 1
    Proceedings of the second congress, Canadian Ethnology Society: Volume 1
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    Proceedings of the second congress, Canadian Ethnology Society: Volume 1

    By Jim Freedman and Jerome H. Barkow

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    Papers presented at the Second Annual Conference of the Canadian Ethnology Society held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1975 are offered in two volumes. This first volume includes those which were delivered in the “Myth and Culture” and “The Theory of Markedness in Social Relations and Language” sessions. The second contains those from the “Contemporary Trends in Caribbean Ethnology”, “African Ethnology”, “Anthropology in Canada”, “The Crees and the Geese”, “Early Mercantile Enterprises in Anthropological Perspectives” and “Volunteered Papers” sessions.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Ottawa Press
    Release dateJan 1, 1975
    ISBN9781772821918
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