Letter from Bronislaw Malinowski to Leo Austen, Dec. 10, 1934

Name: Letter from Bronislaw Malinowski to Leo Austen, Dec. 10, 1934
Author: Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942

written by Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942, in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (Yale), of Yale University. Sterling Memorial Library. Manuscripts and Archives (Papers relating to Malinowski's studies of the Trobriands Islands, Further material and correspondence) (New Haven, CT) (10 December 1934) , 3 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: Date: 10.12.34. Place: London. In a three-page, typewritten letter to Leo Austen, resident magistrate for the Trobriand Islands, Malinowski discourages Austen from making changes to certain Trobriand economic practices, noting that difficulties Austen anticipated were likely to come about, disrupting an important native practice.
Field of Interest: Anthropology
Author: Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
Content Type: Letter
Duration: 0 sec
Warning: Contains explicit content: No
Format: Text
Page Count: 3
Page Range: 1-3
Subject: Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural anthropology, Chieftains, Economics, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Leo Austen, 1894-1956, Trobriand Islanders
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural