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Stewart Culin (1858–1929)

Autor(a) de Games of the North American Indians

22+ Works 178 Membros 4 Reviews 1 Favorited

Séries

Obras de Stewart Culin

Games of the Orient (1960) 3 cópias
Chess and Playing-Cards (1976) 2 cópias

Associated Works

The Study of Games (1971) — Contribuinte — 20 cópias

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1858-07-13
Data de falecimento
1929
Sexo
male
Ocupação
Curator of the Department of Ethnology
Organizações
Brooklyn Museum

Membros

Resenhas

Games figured prominently in the myths of North American Indian tribes, and also in their ceremonies for bringing rain and fertility and combating misfortune. In his classic study, originally published in 1907 as a report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Stewart Culin divided the games played by Indian men and women into two general types.
 
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riselibrary_CSUC | Aug 25, 2021 |
Games figured prominently in the myths of North American Indian tribes, and also in their ceremonies for bringing rain and fertility and combating misfortune. In his classic study, originally published in 1907 as a report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Stewart Culin divided the games played by Indian men and women into two general types.
Volume 1 of this Bison Books edition takes up games of chance, involving guessing and throwing dice. Culin was able to show that the games of North American tribes were remarkably similar in method and purpose.… (mais)
 
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riselibrary_CSUC | Aug 6, 2021 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
22
Also by
1
Membros
178
Popularidade
#120,889
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Resenhas
4
ISBNs
17
Favorito
1

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