The Eskimo of North Alaska
By: by Norman A. Chance.
Series: Case studies in cultural anthropology
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1966
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 107
Subjects: Eskimos -- Alaska
Notes: Bibliography: p. 104-105. "Recommended reading": p. 106-107.
Table of contents: title: Innupiat : the genuine people. The modern Eskimo -- The ecological setting -- The face of the past -- European contacts -- Growing up. Attitudes toward children -- Birth and infancy -- Childhood -- Youth and courtship -- Making a living. The seasonal round -- Changes in hunting patterns -- Modern economic life -- Village life. The modern setting -- Marriage, family, and kin -- Other social groups -- Religion and health -- Leadership patterns -- Law and social control -- Cultural values. Man’s relation to nature -- Man’s relation with man -- Values and personality -- The dynamics of change. Changes in village integration -- Factors influencing positive change -- Regional patterns of change -- The quest for identity -- Identity change -- Personality adjustment -- Future government policy -- The old and the new -- Glossary -- References cited -- Recommended reading.