{"product_id":"mountain-people-9780671640989","title":"Mountain People","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Mountain People\u003c\/i\u003e, Colin M. Turnbull describes the dehumanization of the Ik, African tribesmen who in less than three generations have deteriorated from being once-prosperous hunters to scattered bands of hostile, starving people whose only goal is individual survival.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSad, disturbing, and eloquently written, \u003ci\u003eThe Mountain People\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving meditation on human nature, our capacity for goodness, and the fragility of human society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTurnbull, Colin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eColin M. Turnbull\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London, and now lives in Connecticut. He was educated at Westminster School and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied philosophy and politics. After serving in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War II, he held a research grant for two years in the Department of Indian Religion and Philosophy at Banaras Hindu University, in India, and then returned to Oxford, where he studied anthropology, specializing in the African field. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe has made five extended field trips to Africa, the last of which was spent mainly in the Republic of Zaïre. From these trips he drew the material for his first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Forest People, \u003c\/i\u003e an account of the three years he spent with the Pygmies of Zaïre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMr. Turnbull was a Professor of Anthropology at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is a Research Associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and a Corresponding Member of Le Musée Royal d'Afrique Centrale.","brand":"Touchstone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412765610258,"sku":"9780671640989","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_251dfe66-d16c-453c-b745-58e70dd01d24.jpg?v=1729326915","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mountain-people-9780671640989","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}