The old way : a story of the first people /

The old way : a story of the first people /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Thomas, Elizabeth Marshall, 1931-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
Description:	xiv, 343 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	San (African people) -- History. San (African people) -- Social life and customs. Hunting and gathering societies -- Namibia -- History. Hunting and gathering societies -- Botswana -- History. Hunting and gathering societies. San (African people) San (African people) -- Social life and customs. Botswana. Namibia. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6123201

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ISBN:	0374225524 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780374225520
Notes:	"Sarah Crichton books." Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-327) and index.

Table of Contents:

About words and names
Fifteen hundred centuries
Our lineage
Meat and fire
The Kalahari
The search
Place
Hunting
Gathering
Poison
Dangerous animals
Lions
Men and women
The life cycle
The social fabric
Peacekeeping
Knowledge
Religion
Tsumkwe
Return
The present.