A patricia caplan (6 Ergebnisse)

1972. Asia, Nepal. Chandler Publishing Co. very good paperback 103p.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by For International African Institute by Oxford Unversity Press, Oxford, UK. 1975, xix, 162 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Originally published in 1975, this book examines property and power relations in a Swahili village on Mafia Island off Tanzania. It focuses on the cognatic descent groups which are important in many areas of village life such as land-holding, marriage, residence, Islamic activities and spirit possession cults. Some anthropologists have contended that groups with multiple membership cannot be viable social units, but this book shows that such a system can actually work. In showing how the cognatic descent groups actually operate, both an ideology of descent group membership and also numerical material about patterns of choice are presented. This involves the construction of both mechanical and statistical models, as well as a decision model to discuss the constraints governing choices. EB; 162 pages.…

Zustand: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN:0810204541.…

Zustand: Very Good. - Covers a little rubbed - Spine faded w/ very small nick to head - edges of text block lightly toned - Small mark to half-title page - Leaf containg title page and publisher information page browned - Book ow/ solid, clean and bright - xi/103 pages.

Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Zustand: Very Good. Condition Notes: Faint stain to the join of the upper wrapper, previous owners' name verso; Paperback; Measures Trade Paperback (9" x 6") (0.4 kg); pp (xi) 103; Index; Bibliography; In the Studies in Social & Economic Change series; Includes: Black & white photographs; Tables; Plans; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #185511 ||. …