About this title: Sir James G. Frazer's The Golden Bough, first published in 1890, was the first work in English to understand the religion of classical antiquity in the context of primitive religion. Its dramatic impact on the history of ideas lasted well into the twentieth century, in its association of religious myths with the more primitive forms of ritual and ...
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Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: G+ Paperback, a solid copy but with a stain on the top edge, affecting the margin of some pages but no text. Covers show general wear, some stain at bottom of spine. Still complete and usable. read more
Description: Very good. ( Cambridge University Press1990, Paperback. ) In this historical biography, Ackerman has produced perhaps the definative account of the life and intellectual work of the Victorian anthropologist J. G. Frazer. In his classic work, 'The Golden Bough', Frazer aimed to explain the religion of classic antiquity in the context of their origins of earlier primative religious belief. The great achievement of the work, is that Ackerman sets Frazer's life in the wider intellectual context of ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780521340939ISBN:0521340934
Description: Ex-Library Jacket scuffed tail of spine. Ex. Library book. usual stamps and marks Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: H hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780521340939ISBN:0521340934
Description: Good in J Good jacket. DJ very faintly rubbed/bumped; edges lightly foxed/soiled; binding tight; dustjacket, cover, and interior intact and very clean. read more
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