Hidden people : how a remote New Guinea culture was brought back from the brink of extinction /
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Author / Creator: | Oates, Lynette Frances. |
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Imprint: | Sutherland, NSW, Australia : Claremont CA, USA : Albatross Books, 1992 (1993 printing) |
Description: | 352 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2669892 |
Summary: | Tells of the effects on the life and culture of a remote and scattered New Guinea tribe, the Binumarien, of a translation of the Bible in their own language. Includes maps and a glossary. The author is an anthropologist and linguist, who has worked on many Pacific region grammar and vocabulary texts, and is co-author of TA Revised Linguistic Survey of Australia'. |
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Physical Description: | 352 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. |
ISBN: | 0732410142 |