About this title: This volume documents in photographs the 34 different tribes of Burma. As an anthropological order, these tribes reflect the wide diversity of races in Burma: many, living only miles apart, speak entirely different languages and have completely different ways of life. The book contains anthropological and geographical information about the tribes. ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Amphoto Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780817455590ISBN:0817455590
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. ******PLEASE NOTE****** Orders placed after Dec. 7 cannot be guaranteed delivery before Christmas unless you select EXPEDITED shipping! Thank you & Happy Holidays! read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Amphoto Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780817455590ISBN:0817455590
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. Very minor extremity wear, light rubbing otherwise a fine copy. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 240 p. Illustrations, Index, Bibliography. Audience: General/trade. In the isolated, mountainous regions of Burma (now called Myanmar) live more than 30 tribes separated from modernity by terrain, linguistic difference, and cultural variation. The brilliant photographs in this book may well represent the last time these cultures are documented in their native ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Amphoto Art, New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780817455590ISBN:0817455590
Description: B/W and Color Illustrations. Fine. Very Good Dust Jacket. 9 3/4 x 12 1/2" 240 pages with 220 full color illustrations and 1 map. An anthropological photo-essay of the life and struggle of the more than thirty tribes living in Burma. read more
Edition: First American edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Amphoto Art, New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780817455590ISBN:0817455590
Description: 12" x 9.25". 240pp. Black cloth hardback with silver spine lettering, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; the jacket has a light bit of wear at the corners, else near fine condition. A good study of the ethnic tribes of Burma, including the Maru, Panthay, Jinghpaw, Hmong, Lisu, Riang, Akha, Intha, Lahta, Yinbaw, Naga, Burman, Hkahku, etc. With a chapter on opium and smoking. This beautiful book is packed with color photo illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications, New York
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780817455590ISBN:0817455590
Description: Very good copy in a dust jacket. Cloth, 31 cm., 240 pp., with profuse color and monochrome plates. Includes bibliography, glossary and index. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Limited, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780297822943ISBN:0297822942
Description: Reading Copy in Reading Copy jacket. Ex-Library. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. 240 pages. Index. Glossary. Bibliograpy. Sumptuous colour photography throughout. "Richard Diran's task of recording the tribes, many of them suspicious and frightened of foreigners, was arduous and also dangerous, in the face of almost constant guerilla warfare, and it took many years. The resulting photographs are a testimony not only to his skill and determination but to the survival of the tribes themselves in the ... read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Seven Dials
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781841880327ISBN:1841880329
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Bottom edge of binding is "broken" (the binding has separated from the pages). However, the pages are all still attached. If you order, please be aware of the potential for the pages to become loose. Otherwise book is in... Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 240 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
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