Local Knowledge
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Local Knowledge: Further Essays In Interpretive Anthropology
By Clifford GEERTZIt is not, to paraphrase Lawrence Rosen on contemporary Moroccan practice, the document that makes the man believable; it is the man (or, in certain contexts, the woman) who makes the document such.” The development of the institutions ...
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Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology
By Clifford GEERTZThis sequel to The Interpretation of Cultures is a collection of essays which reject large abstractions, going beyond the mere translation of one culture into another, and looks at the...
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Local Knowledge: A Skipper's Reference : Tacoma To Ketchikan
By Kevin MonahanWritten by Kevin Monahan, an officer in the Canadian Coast Guard, and former fisherman and delivery captain, this book provides the local knowledge to simplify navigation and safe passage from Tacoma to Ketchikan.
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Local Knowledge
By Liza GyllenhaalFrom an exciting debut author?a novel about three people haunted by the mistakes of their past and their plunge into an uncertain future.
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Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology
By Clifford GEERTZLocal Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology
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Local Knowledge: Further Essays In Interpretive Anthropology
By Clifford GEERTZ" A companion volume to The Interpretation of Cultures, this book continues Geertz's exploration of the meaning of culture and the importance of shared cultural symbolism. With a new introduction by the author.