{"product_id":"the-todas-paperback-9781108079129","title":"The Todas (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108079129","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Todas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis illustrated book, published in 1906, was long regarded as a standard ethnography on a people in south-west India.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Halse Rivers Rivers (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108079129, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 February 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e784 pages, 76 b\/w illus.  1 map  40 tables\u003cbr\u003e21.4 x 14 x 4.3 cm, 1 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA qualified physician with interests including neurology and psychotherapy, W. H. R. Rivers (1864–1922) was influential in the rise of experimental psychology as an academic discipline. He also pioneered the 'talking cure' for shell shock during the First World War. In 1897 Rivers was appointed a University Lecturer at Cambridge, and the following year he joined a Cambridge expedition to the Torres Strait to study the indigenous people's powers of perception. Rivers' experiences in the Torres Strait kindled his interest in anthropology and kinship systems, and in 1901–2 he obtained a grant to study the genealogies and customs of the Todas, inhabitants of a high plateau in south-west India. This illustrated book, published in 1906 and regarded as a standard ethnography for half a century, was the result. It focuses on the Todas' elaborate dairy rituals, and the prayers associated with them, before describing many other beliefs, customs and ceremonies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Toda people\u003cbr\u003e 3. Dairies and buffaloes\u003cbr\u003e 4. The village dairy\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Ti dairy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Buffalo migrations\u003cbr\u003e 7. Ordination ceremonies\u003cbr\u003e 8. Special dairy ceremonies\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Toda gods\u003cbr\u003e 10. Prayer\u003cbr\u003e 11. The dairy ritual\u003cbr\u003e 12. Divination and magic\u003cbr\u003e 13. Sacrifice and offerings\u003cbr\u003e 14. Birth and childhood ceremonies\u003cbr\u003e 15. Funeral ceremonies\u003cbr\u003e 16. Funeral ceremonies (cont.)\u003cbr\u003e 17. Sacred days and numbers\u003cbr\u003e 18. Sacred places and objects\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Toda religion\u003cbr\u003e 20. Genealogies and population\u003cbr\u003e 21. Kinship\u003cbr\u003e 22. Marriage\u003cbr\u003e 23. Social organisation\u003cbr\u003e 24. Arts and amusements\u003cbr\u003e 25. Language\u003cbr\u003e 26. Personal names\u003cbr\u003e 27. Relations with other tribes\u003cbr\u003e 28. The clans of the Todas\u003cbr\u003e 29. Teivaliol and Tartharol\u003cbr\u003e 30. The origin and history of the Todas\u003cbr\u003e Appendices 1-4\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Physical anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Physical anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Physical%20anthropology%20%5BJHMP%5D%22\"\u003eJHMP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266201342232,"sku":"9781108079129","price":48.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108079129i_2db9975e-474f-4f9a-9958-a1e7911fbefe.jpg?v=1696751716","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-todas-paperback-9781108079129","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}