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The Peoples and Religions of Manchuria and Mongolia: Akamatsu Chiko and Akiba Takashi, 1941
The Peoples and Religions of Manchuria and Mongolia — 1941
A scholarly study of the ethnic groups and religious life of Manchuria and Mongolia, written jointly by Akamatsu Chiko and Akiba Takashi and published in 1941. Both authors were established academic figures in the ethnography and religious sociology of the Asian continent, and the work brings their fieldwork and analysis to bear on the diverse peoples of the Northeast and the Mongolian steppe — their beliefs, ritual practices, and the religious structures that ordered their communities.
Produced at the height of academic attention to the continent, the volume stands among the substantive ethnographic and religious studies of its day, addressing shamanism, folk belief, and the religious worlds of the region's peoples with the seriousness of trained scholarship rather than mere reportage. As a primary academic source it speaks directly to the anthropology and history of religion of Manchuria and Mongolia at a defined moment.
A genuine work of period scholarship, of clear interest to historians of East Asian ethnography and religion, and well suited to a serious collection of Manchuria and Northeast Asian historical materials.
Offered by KT Vintage, drawing on decades of trusted international sales to discerning collectors and institutions across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania.
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The Peoples and Religions of Manchuria and Mongolia — 1941
A scholarly study of the ethnic groups and religious life of Manchuria and Mongolia, written jointly by Akamatsu Chiko and Akiba Takashi and published in 1941. Both authors were established academic figures in the ethnography and religious sociology of the Asian continent, and the work brings their fieldwork and analysis to bear on the diverse peoples of the Northeast and the Mongolian steppe — their beliefs, ritual practices, and the religious structures that ordered their communities.
Produced at the height of academic attention to the continent, the volume stands among the substantive ethnographic and religious studies of its day, addressing shamanism, folk belief, and the religious worlds of the region's peoples with the seriousness of trained scholarship rather than mere reportage. As a primary academic source it speaks directly to the anthropology and history of religion of Manchuria and Mongolia at a defined moment.
A genuine work of period scholarship, of clear interest to historians of East Asian ethnography and religion, and well suited to a serious collection of Manchuria and Northeast Asian historical materials.
Offered by KT Vintage, drawing on decades of trusted international sales to discerning collectors and institutions across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania.
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| Category | Books |
|---|---|
| Condition | acceptable |
| SKU | N0000017149 |
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