{"product_id":"rare-1974-soviet-book-indians-of-north-america-yu-averkieva-tsar-to-soviet-books","title":"Rare 1974 Soviet Book: Indians of North America – Yu. Averkieva | Tsar to Soviet Books","description":"\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"37\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"37\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eRare 1974 Soviet Ethnography Monograph: \"Indians of North America\" by Julia Averkieva\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"39\"\u003eFor academic research facilities, anthropologists, and collectors of rare ethnography, this \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"39\" data-index-in-node=\"92\"\u003e1974 original Soviet hardcover monograph\u003c\/b\u003e is a seminal reference work. Published in Moscow by \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"39\" data-index-in-node=\"185\"\u003eNauka\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"39\" data-index-in-node=\"192\"\u003eИздательство «Наука»\u003c\/i\u003e) under the Institute of Ethnography of the USSR Academy of Sciences, \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"39\" data-index-in-node=\"282\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"39\" data-index-in-node=\"282\"\u003eIndians of North America: From Tribal Society to Class Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"39\" data-index-in-node=\"346\"\u003eИндейцы Северной Америки: От родового общества к классовому\u003c\/i\u003e) was written by distinguished ethnographer \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"39\" data-index-in-node=\"449\"\u003eJulia Pavlovna Averkieva\u003c\/b\u003e (1907–1980).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"40\"\u003eIssued in a small institutional print run of \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"40\" data-index-in-node=\"45\"\u003eonly 4,500 copies\u003c\/b\u003e, this edition is encased in publisher's brown boards embossed with a stylized Northwest Coast Indigenous totem mask.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"41\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"41\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eThe Iroquois League, Potlatch \u0026amp; Native American Social History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"42\"\u003eAverkieva, who trained under Franz Boas and conducted field research among the Kwakwaka'wakw in British Columbia, delivers a comprehensive analysis of North American indigenous social evolution:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"43\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"43,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"43,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eThe League of the Iroquois:\u003c\/b\u003e Exhaustive research into the Iroquois Confederacy, detailing clan governance, sachems, longhouse domestic units, council structures, and inter-tribal warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"43,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"43,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eNorthwest Coast \u0026amp; Plains Cultures:\u003c\/b\u003e Structural analysis of potlatch wealth redistribution, social hierarchy, and slavery among coastal tribes, alongside bison hunting, horse culture, and military democracy among Plains nations (Comanche, Blackfoot).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"43,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"43,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eReference Apparatus:\u003c\/b\u003e Contains regional maps, a comprehensive name index, and a dedicated index of indigenous ethnic names.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"44\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"44\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eComplete Bibliographic Specifications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"45\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Индейцы Северной Америки: От родового общества к классовому (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"45,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"68\"\u003eIndians of North America\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julia Pavlovna Averkieva (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"45,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"34\"\u003eЮ. 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Аверкиева\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e \"Nauka\" Publishing House (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"45,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"37\"\u003eИздательство «Наука», Москва\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1974 (Moscow, USSR)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,4,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Russian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,5,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Original publisher's brown faux-leather cloth boards, gold\/black embossing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,6,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,6,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePrint Run \/ Circulation:\u003c\/b\u003e 4,500 copies (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"45,6,0\" data-index-in-node=\"39\"\u003eТираж 4500\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,7,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,7,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePage Count:\u003c\/b\u003e 348 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"45,8,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"45,8,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eClassification:\u003c\/b\u003e Soviet Anthropology \/ Native American Ethnography \/ North American History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"46\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"46\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Preservation Report\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"47\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"47,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"47,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eExterior Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e The original brown boards are clean, flat, and structurally firm. The front cover totem emblem and gold typography remain crisp and unrubbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"47,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"47,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eBinding Integrity:\u003c\/b\u003e Exceptionally firm, square, and tight text block with intact hinges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"47,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"47,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePaper Quality:\u003c\/b\u003e Clean, unmarked pages throughout with uniform, light vintage age-toning typical of 1970s Soviet academic paper stock. 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