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American anthropologist
Harold Courlander was an American novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist and an expert in the study of Haitian life. The author of 35 books and plays and numerous scholarly articles, Courlander specialized in the study of African, Caribbean, Afro-American, and Native American cultures. He took a special interest in oral literature, cults, and Afro-American cultural connections with Africa. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Harold CourlanderA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Curland unter den HerzögenThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Corrigenda to Courlander, GreenCited 1 times
- Go sideways: The African (Courlander novel)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Alex HaleyA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Corrigenda to Courlander, Green
Livonian and Courlander nobility in Samogitia in the 17th and 18th century
Harold Courlander, Haiti Singing
Book Reviews : Religion and Politics in Haiti. By HAROLD COURLANDER AND REMY BASTIEN (Washington, Schaedel, Institute for Cross-Cultural Research, 1966). 81 pp. $3
Richmond. By Kathleen Courlander. 9 × 6. Pp. 192. London: Batsford, 1953. 21s.
Harold Courlander, The Drum and the Hoe, Life and Lore of Haitian People.
HAROLD COURLANDER. The Drum and the Hoe: Life and Lore of the Haitian People. Pp. xv, 371. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1960. $10.00
THE DRUM AND THE HOE - Life and Lore of the Haitian People, by HAROLD COURLANDER, University of California Press, 1960. xvi + 371 pp., 90 photographs, 109 pp. of musical transcriptions.
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Curland unter den HerzögenKarl Wilhelm Cruse · 1971
- 📕Toldot yeshivat ha-Yehudim be-Ḳurland mi-shenat 321/1561 ʻad shenat 668/1908Levi Avtsinsky · 1908
- 📕Die KurenfrageValentin Kiparsky · 1939
- 📕Statistisches Handbuch für Kurland und Litauen, nebst Übersichten über Livland und Estland, bearb. von Ernst Ferd. Müller, mit einem bibliographischen Anhang zur Wirtschaftskunde RusslandsErnst Ferinand Müller · 1918
Bürgerverzeichnisse aus dem Herzogtum KurlandWilhelm Räder · 1939- 📕Kursa un kuršu ciņasVilis Bilkins · 1967
- 📕Die Gerichtssekretäre und Advokaten Kurlands 1795-1889, bearb. von Wilhelm RäderWilhelm Räder · 1938
- 📕A relation of the horrid injuries committed by the king of Sweden · 1659
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