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A masterpiece of modernist fiction that creates a vividly impressionistic portrait of a teeming and multi-faceted New York CityIn a series of overlapping stories, John Dos Passos's Manhattan Transfer takes us from the Gilded Age to the Jazz Age in a narrative collage that brings the complexity of the urban environment to life. From Wall Street to the waterfront, from the Bowery to the Village, from the city's grand avenues to its gritty alleys, its...
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Sentry edition volume 8
Pub. Date
1961.
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English
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An anthropologist compares three diverse societies in this groundbreaking, "unique and important" cultural study ( The New York Times ). A remarkable introduction to cultural studies, Patterns of Culture made history in exploring the role of culture in shaping our lives. In it, the renowned anthropologist Ruth Benedict offers an in-depth look at three societies -- the Zuñi of the southwestern United States, the Kwakiutl of western Canada, and the...
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