About this title: On the basis of field trips in the 1980s, Thomas has now updated her book to show what happened to the Bushmen as the tide of industrial civilization-with its flotsam of property rights, wage labor, and alcohol-swept over them.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1959
Description: A good reading copy only. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. -, Hard Cover, Good / Good. read more
Edition: 3rd
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: N. Y. : Alfred A. Knopf, 1959, N. Y.
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good. No Jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The yellow hard cover has some fade spots. Some of the bottom edges of the pages has stains........We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by... read more
Edition: 3rd
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf, N. Y.
Date Published: 1959
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. X-Library with normal flaws........The yellow hard cover has very light shelf wear. Clippings on the inside board and front end page...................We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by. read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1959
Description: Very Good- in Good + jacket. Uneven edge and spine fading on dust jacket, with other scuffs, soils and edge wear; normal book wear. 266 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with some rubbing/soiling. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good. In Brodart cover. From collection of book store owner, who typically kept the finest copy of selected titles in his personal library. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1958
Description: Very Good. An okay copy. Binding is tight and square. No names, no marks, no stickers. Text is clean but somewhat yellowed with age. P/O's name crossed out on inside front cover. Cover is slightly rubbed and bumped. Satisfaction fully guaranteed. Ships immediately. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books/A Division of Random House
Date Published: 1959
Description: Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Front cover is surface rubbed with coloring lightened from rubbing against other books, edges are lightly worn, price is marked out on lower front cover. 267 pages. read more
Description: Good. By Elizabeth Marshall Thomas; ISBN: 0394427793; Pub. : Knopf; Pub. Date: 1959-06-15; Media: Hardcover; One-inch tear, edge tattering and fading of dust jacket. The book itself is like-new. by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas; ISBN: 0394427793; Pub. : Knopf; Pub. Date: 1959-06-15; Media: Hardcover; One-inch tear, edge tattering and fading of dust jacket. The book itself is like-new. read more
Binding: MMPB
Publisher: Vintage, NY
Date Published: 1959
Description: VG tight binding, moderate edge and corner wear. An absorbing chronicle of an expedition to the Bushmen of South West Africa and the hostile desert in which they live. 266pp read more
"I've seen this book cited as an example of a society where there is no violence... having read the book, I want to clear up one thing: the title, "The Harmless People," comes not from Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's evaluation of Bushman culture. Instead, it is the English translation for what the Bushman call themselves: I believe this is a very important distinction to make."
"As well as being an amazing folklorist/fantasy writer, Thomas's book on the San is one of the best I've ever read about the Kalahari and its life and people. I think I bought this one in South Africa or Zimbabwe. When I flipped through it I found a postcard I'd started to Debbie and never finished."
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