"Head-Hunters, Black, White, and Brown" by Alfred C. Haddon is a late 19th-century scientific study that records the author's exploration and analysis of the Torres Straits Islanders and nearby indigenous groups. The story highlights the need to document the traditions of these populations, particularly as old knowledge gets lost when older people die. The book starts with Haddon and his crew's trip from Thursday Island to Murray Island in Torres Straits where there is discussion of of different cultures and the effect of Japanese workers on the local economy. It also tells of their long boat ride to Murray Island and the friendly greeting they received from local leaders and a teacher, setting the scene for Haddon's study of the islanders' beliefs, languages, and social systems.
Head-hunters, black, white, and brown
By Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
Embark on a journey through vibrant cultures and fading traditions as a 19th-century expedition explores the lives of indigenous islanders.
Summary
About the AuthorAlfred Cort Haddon, Sc.D., FRS, FRGS FRAI was an influential British anthropologist and ethnologist.
Initially a biologist, who achieved his most notable fieldwork, with W. H. R. Rivers, Charles Gabriel Seligman and Sidney Ray on the Torres Strait Islands. He returned to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he had been an undergraduate, and effectively founded the School of Anthropology. Haddon was a major influence on the work of the American ethnologist Caroline Furness Jayne.
Alfred Cort Haddon, Sc.D., FRS, FRGS FRAI was an influential British anthropologist and ethnologist. Initially a biologist, who achieved his most notable fieldwork, with W. H. R. Rivers, Charles Gabriel Seligman and Sidney Ray on the Torres Strait Islands. He returned to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he had been an undergraduate, and effectively founded the School of Anthropology. Haddon was a major influence on the work of the American ethnologist Caroline Furness Jayne.
More Like This
Explore books similar to the one you're viewing
The Solomon Islands and Their Natives
By H. B. (Henry Brougham) Guppy
The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; vol. 2 of 2 Being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics
By J. G. (John George) Wood
The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1 The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise; A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature
By Alfred Russel Wallace
The Mafulu: Mountain People of British New Guinea
By Robert Wood Williamson
Life in the forests of the Far East (vol. 1 of 2)
By Spenser St. John
The Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic Relations
By Charles Hose
More by This Author
Discover other books written by the same author
Related by Category
Discover books in the same genre or category
Master and Maid
By L. Allen (Lizzie Allen) Harker
Shen of the Sea: A Book for Children
By Arthur Bowie Chrisman
The Ruins; Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature
By C.-F. (Constantin-François) Volney
Civic League Cook Book
By North Dakota) Civic League (Williston
Free Russia
By William Hepworth Dixon
The Kentons
By William Dean Howells