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Himalayan villageBook 1938 • Gorer, Geoffrey & Hutton, J. H.
Lepcha • Asia > Central Asia
The field-work for this book was done by Gorer in the company of John Morris (for his description of the Lepcha see 2: Morris). As a result of observations made in common, and the relatively small size of the village studied, there is some overlap in...The LakhersBook 1932 • Parry, N. E. (Neville Edward) & Hutton, J. H.
Mara • Asia > South Asia
In this detailed colonial treatise on the culture of Mara villages and neighboring communities, themes covered range from domestic life and seasonal agricultural cycles to village customs related to land tenure, hunting, fishing, and mutual help and ...The unwritten law in AlbaniaBook 1954 • Hasluck, Margaret Masson Hardie & Hutton, J. H. (John Henry)
Albanians • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This study of customary law in Albania, based on the authors 13 years of actual residence in that country, represents a unique contribution, particularly in view of the dearth of Albanian ethnographic materials available in English. Although concerne...