Seasonal Variations of the Eskimo is one of the first books in anthropology to adopt a sociological approach to the analysis of a single society. Mauss links elements of anthropology and human geography, arguing that geographical factors should be considered in relation to a social context in all its complexity.
The work is an illuminating source on the Eskimo and a proto-type of what an anthropologist should do with ethnographic data and exerted considerable influence on the development of social anthropology.
English translation first published in 1979.
- ISBN10 071000205X
- ISBN13 9780710002051
- Publish Date 5 July 1979
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 August 1991
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Routledge & Kegan Paul Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 144
- Language English