Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural AnthropologyA revised and updated edition of this unique best-selling guide to social and cultural anthropology. |
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Page 70
... Mauritius ( school , public transportation and other facilities are organised at a national level , and the fish is ... Mauritian economy is the sugar industry . In order to say anything meaningful about the scale of a society , it is ...
... Mauritius ( school , public transportation and other facilities are organised at a national level , and the fish is ... Mauritian economy is the sugar industry . In order to say anything meaningful about the scale of a society , it is ...
Page 137
... Mauritius ( forming 65 per cent of the total population ) , Guyana ( c . 55 per cent ) , Fiji ( c . 45 per cent after the coup d'état in 1987 ) , Trinidad and Tobago ( c . 40 per cent ) and Suriname ( c . 35 per cent ) . There is a ...
... Mauritius ( forming 65 per cent of the total population ) , Guyana ( c . 55 per cent ) , Fiji ( c . 45 per cent after the coup d'état in 1987 ) , Trinidad and Tobago ( c . 40 per cent ) and Suriname ( c . 35 per cent ) . There is a ...
Page 257
... Mauritius , that polyethnic island - state in the south - western Indian Ocean ( Eriksen 1988 , 1992 ) . Both Rajiv and Kumar are Hindus around 30 years of age . Their respective positions in Mauritian society are nevertheless very ...
... Mauritius , that polyethnic island - state in the south - western Indian Ocean ( Eriksen 1988 , 1992 ) . Both Rajiv and Kumar are Hindus around 30 years of age . Their respective positions in Mauritian society are nevertheless very ...
Contents
Comparison and Context | 1 |
Fieldwork and Interpretation | 14 |
The Social Human | 30 |
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