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TO treat her as a goddess has always been ac counted a sure way of winning a lady's favour. To the cynic, therefore, it might seem. That Mrs. Mcgovern was bound to speak well of her head hunting friends oi the Formosan hills, seeing that they welcomed her With a respect that bordered on veneration. But of other head-hunters, hailing, say, from Borneo or from Assam, anthropologists have reported no less well, and that though the investigators were accorded no divine' honours. The key to a just estimate of savage morality is knowledge of all the conditions. A custom that considered in itself is decidedly revolting may, on further acquaintance with the state of culture as a whole, turn out to be, if not praiseworthy, at least a drawback incidental to a normal phase of the ruder life of mankind.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book provides an early 20th century Westerner's perspective on the indigenous headhunting tribes of the mountainous regions of Formosa (Taiwan). The author, a woman who lived among the native population at the time of Japanese occupation, describes the day-to-day life, beliefs, customs, and social structures of the tribes. The book is remarkable for its portrayal of a society that was on the verge of disappearing, and for its insights into the impact of encroaching "civilization" on traditional ways of life. The author provides a nuanced and empathetic account of the complex relationship between the indigenous tribes and the Japanese colonial government, and explores the challenges faced by the tribes as they struggled to preserve their cultural heritage while adapting to a rapidly changing world. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781330769485_0
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