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Tristes Tropiques

by Claude Lévi-Strauss · 1955

History · ranked #56 in category

Tristes Tropiques was an immensely popular bestseller when it was first published in France in 1955. Claude Levi-Strauss's groundbreaking study of the societies of a number of Amazonian peoples is a c

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Category
History
First published
1955 · 1950s
Author
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Standing
Recommended

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