Edmund Leach

By Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah

Book Overview

Edmund Leach is widely regarded as the outstanding figure in Cambridge archaeology in the second half of the twentieth century, and as one of the leading social anthropologists of his generation. Stanley Tambiah's intellectual biography covers his professional career and reviews his writings. The work is organized chronologically--providing an introductory assessment as well as a closing portrait. Two brief chapters discuss Leach's early years, but the bulk of the book deals with his anthropological projects.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521521025
• ISBN13: 9780521521024
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 538 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.9" x 6.1"