Ruth Landes

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Ruth Landes (1908-1991) received her PhD in anthropology from Columbia University in 1935.

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Books by Ruth Landes

The City of Women

By Ruth Landes

Introduction by Sally Cole

This book is the landmark study of candomblé, the Afro-Brazilian religion of Bahia, Brazil.

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