The Naked Nagas |
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User Review - pbjwelch - LibraryThingThe wonderful tale of a young anthropologist who lived amongst the Naga (of old Burma's frontier areas) for a year pre-WW2. I doubt there's a more readable, enjoyable, yet informative book on the ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Naked Nagas |
| Author | Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf |
| Publisher | Methuen & Company, Limited, 1939 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 9 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 243 pages |
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