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Through Mirdite in Winter
Stavre Frasheri
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Description for Through Mirdite in Winter
Hardcover. This story of an anthropological expedition to Albania in 1929 is an account of the rugged Highlands as seen by an Albanian that presents a faithful portrayal of Northern Albania as it was more than seventy years ago. Translator(s): Prifti, Peter R. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DVWA; JHM; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
This is the story of an anthropological expedition to Albania in 1929. The author, an Albanian educator, accompanied Dr. Carleton S. Coon of Harvard University. He said that his motive in writing the book was to given an account of the rugged Highlands as seen by an Albanian, in contrast to "travel accounts written by foreign visitors" to Albania. The book presents a faithful portrayal of Northern Albania as it was some seventy years ago. Dr. Coon called the book "a remarkably full and enjoyable ethnography of a people and their culture undergoing rapid change."
This is the story of an anthropological expedition to Albania in 1929. The author, an Albanian educator, accompanied Dr. Carleton S. Coon of Harvard University. He said that his motive in writing the book was to given an account of the rugged Highlands as seen by an Albanian, in contrast to "travel accounts written by foreign visitors" to Albania. The book presents a faithful portrayal of Northern Albania as it was some seventy years ago. Dr. Coon called the book "a remarkably full and enjoyable ethnography of a people and their culture undergoing rapid change."
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Bradenton, United States
ISBN
9780880334945
SKU
V9780880334945
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About Stavre Frasheri
The late Stavre Frasheri was a teacher in Albania in the early part of the twentieth century. The late Dr. Carleton S. Coon was a professor of anthropology at Harvard University. Peter Prifti is a leading specialist in Albanian culture and politics and Professor Emeritus of linguistics at the University of California, La Jolla.
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