Priests, Warriors, and Cattle; A Study in the Ecology of Religions
Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, (1981). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, small quarto size, 242 pp. Fine / near fine. Item #CNJL2623
A study of whether cultures with similar socio-economic bases have similar religious systems, using as a test case "the present-day Nilotic peoples of East Africa (Nuer, Dinka, and Masai) and the Proto-Indo-Iranians, who flourished about 2000 B.C." (n.b., quote from jacket flap).
This the tenth book in the series of "Hermeneutics, Studies in the History of Religions", the General Editor Kees W. Bolle.
___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full light blue cloth over boards with silver lettering on the spine, binding small quarto size (9 1/4" by 6 1/4"), 242 pp. In the publisher's dust jacket (unclipped and unpriced), summary of the bok on both flaps, short author bio on the back flap, list of the titles in the series on the back panel.
___CONDITION: Volume fine overall, the boards clean, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; some light foxing to the text block edges, else fine. The dust jacket near fine, clean, with very light edgewear and the spine sunned.
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Price: $150.00