A world on the wane
By: Translation from the French by John Russell
Publisher: Criterion Books
Published: 1961
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
Subjects: Travel; Civilization; Indians of South America; Description and travel
Notes: Translation of Tristes tropiques.

"Chapters xiv, xv, xvi, and xxxix of the French edition are omitted from this translation."

Includes bibliographical references (page 399).
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Destinations; title: pt. 2. From a log-book; title: pt. 3. The New World; title: pt. 4. A land and its people; title: pt. 5. The Caduveo; title: pt. 6. The Bororo; title: pt. 7. The Nambikwara; title: pt. 8. The Tupi-Kawahib; title: pt. 9. The return.