The Harmless People - Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Title: The Harmless People
Author: Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Publisher: Vintage Books
Format: Paperback
Edition: Vintage Books edition, 1965
ISBN: 0394702891
Condition: Second-hand. Good. Covers show heavy rubbing, creasing, surface marks and edge wear, with scuffing and wear along the spine and corners. There is a small ownership inscription on the title page and a removed label or sticker mark on the front endpaper. The pages show age-related toning and scattered spotting. The binding is intact. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas recounts her time among the San people of the Kalahari, drawing on expeditions through South-West Africa and Bechuanaland in the 1950s to document hunting, family life, social customs and survival in the desert.

First published in 1959, The Harmless People became an influential work of popular anthropology and a vivid record of a hunter-gatherer society at a moment of rapid cultural change.