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Anthropologist Jean L. Briggs spent seventeen months living on a remote Arctic shore as the “adopted daughter” of an Inuit family. Through vignettes of daily life she unfolds a warm and perceptive tale of the behavioral patterns of the Utku people, their way of training children, and their handling of deviations from desired behavior.

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Absorbingly and affectingly written. A remarkable book…one that bids to become an anthropological classic. * Publishers’ Weekly *

Table of Contents
Spelling and Pronunciation Note People Introduction I. The Study II. The Setting III. Arrival IV. The Seasons V. Nomadism VI. The Society

Never in Anger

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      Publisher Harvard University Press
      Published 1 January 1971
      ISBN-13 9780674608283
      978-0674608283
      ISBN-10 0674608283
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      Society and culture: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Anthropologist Jean L. Briggs spent seventeen months living on a remote Arctic shore as the “adopted daughter” of an Inuit family. Through vignettes of daily life she unfolds a warm and perceptive tale of the behavioral patterns of the Utku people, their way of training children, and their handling of deviations from desired behavior.

      Trade Review
      Absorbingly and affectingly written. A remarkable book…one that bids to become an anthropological classic. * Publishers’ Weekly *

      Table of Contents
      Spelling and Pronunciation Note People Introduction I. The Study II. The Setting III. Arrival IV. The Seasons V. Nomadism VI. The Society

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