This companion volume to anthropologist Colin Turnbull's "The Forest People" tells the gruesome tale of what happens to a tribal people - the Ik of Uganda - who have been dispossessed of their land. It describes the dehumanization and social collapse of a people who, a few decades ago, were a society of hunters and gatherers; they are now on the verge of extinction. The author draws parallels with western society, coming to the conclusion that our much vaunted civilized values are not inherent in humanity but are a luxury ...
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This companion volume to anthropologist Colin Turnbull's "The Forest People" tells the gruesome tale of what happens to a tribal people - the Ik of Uganda - who have been dispossessed of their land. It describes the dehumanization and social collapse of a people who, a few decades ago, were a society of hunters and gatherers; they are now on the verge of extinction. The author draws parallels with western society, coming to the conclusion that our much vaunted civilized values are not inherent in humanity but are a luxury all too readily cast aside.
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Add this copy of Mountain People to cart. $3.79, good condition, Sold by Hay-on-Wye Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1980 by Macmillan.
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Good. Some outer edges have minor scuffs. Cover has light scratches/marks. Textblock has tanning. Content has tanning but still in good readable condition. Despatched within 24 hours. 256 p. Contains: Unspecified. Picador Books . Includes unspecified.
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Add this copy of The Mountain People to cart. $12.35, good condition, Sold by Kenya Books - Kenya & Africa rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brighton, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1974 by Picador.
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Good. PB, 253pp, illustrated. Purports to be the story of the Ik people of the Sudan-Uganda border, and the deleterious effects of colonialism on them. But see Heine, Bernd, The Mountain People: Some Notes on the Ik of North-Eastern Uganda. Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, Vol. 55, No. 1, 1985, pp. 3-16, where most of Turnbull's claims are disputed..
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Very Good. No Jacket. PB, 253pp, illustrated. Purports to be the story of the Ik people of the Sudan-Uganda border, and the deleterious effects of colonialism on them. But see Heine, Bernd, The Mountain People: Some Notes on the Ik of North-Eastern Uganda. Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, Vol. 55, No. 1, 1985, pp. 3-16, where most of Turnbull's claims are disputed. Cloth & Gilt.
Add this copy of Mountain People Turnbull, Colin to cart. $9.45, good condition, Sold by Books2savor rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lyons, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Macmillan.
