Studies in Folk Life Pbdirect

Essays in Honour of Iorwerth C. Peate

392 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This collection, first published in 1969, presents essays written by twenty of the most eminent scholars from the British Isles and Europe on aspects of folk life studies. The essays are written in honour of Dr Iorwerth C. Peate, Curator of the Welsh Folk Museum and doyen of folk life studies in Britain, to mark his retirement as the first President of the Society for Folk Life Studies. In the present book all the various aspects of folk life, from linguistics to sociology, from architecture to agrarian history, are covered, reflecting the wide interests of Dr Peate and his valuable contribution to the development of the study of traditional life in Britain.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie
• ISBN: 9781138843936
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.02.2015
• Größe: 240 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Routledge
• Herausgegeben von: Geraint Jenkins