The Mountain People

Colin M. Turnbull

An anthropologist records the moral decline of African tribesmen struggling to survive after being forced from their hunting grounds.

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

Award	Year	Result	Category / Notes
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor	1973	Finalist	Secondary source

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01 Central figures
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02 Central places
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03 Suggested argument
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The book argues that forced removal from hunting grounds leads to a moral decline among African tribesmen struggling to survive.
Model confidence 55%
04 Reading orientation
25 / 100 academic
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