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Elmer J. Harp - Lives and Landscapes - 9780773539242 - V9780773539242
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Lives and Landscapes

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Description for Lives and Landscapes Paperback. Places Harp's story of rural northern Newfoundland in historical and anthropological context Num Pages: 288 pages, 200 colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJPG; AJC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 244 x 319. Weight in Grams: 854.
Interested in studying early human activity in the area he came to be equally fascinated with life in outport communities. During the summers of 1949-50 and 1961-63, he explored the coast, travelling from one isolated outport village to the next, initially by open boat and later on rudimentary roads, vividly capturing everyday life in his journals and through his extensive Kodachrome slides. In her introduction Priscilla Renouf places Harp's story of rural northern Newfoundland in historical and anthropological context. She notes that there are economic and cultural continuities from prehistoric times to the present and shows that the fundamental structure ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773539242
SKU
V9780773539242
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About Elmer J. Harp
Elmer Harp Jr. (1913-2009) was professor emeritus in the Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College, a department which he founded in 1967. His thirty-five-year career included numerous expeditions to the central and eastern Canadian Arctic, as well as

Reviews for Lives and Landscapes
"Visually stunning and elegantly written narrative ... Harp has transcended the role of scholar and emerged as photographer and storyteller. This book is worthy of shelf-sharing with other Newfoundland classics. It is easy to read, has no jargon, and is highly recommended as a resource book for the general public and academics alike." Latonia Hartery, Department of Archaeology, University of ... Read more

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