Isbn: 9780803282308 - systems of consanguinity and affinity of the human family (sources of american indian oral literature series) (10 Ergebnisse)

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1997. Anthropological Theory. University of Nebraska Press. 590p., and 14 plates, fine paperback.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near fine copy in softcover. 4to. Purple spine with white titles. 590 pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Good.

Zustand: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1500grams, ISBN:9780803282308. …

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. 1997. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. Drawing partly on his own fieldwork among American Indians, the author examines the kinship systems of over 100 cultures, probing for similarities and differences in their organization. In his attempt to discover particular types of marriage and descent sys.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Modern anthropology would be radically different without this book. Published in 1871, this first major study of kinship, inventive and wide-ranging, created a new field of inquiry in anthropology. Drawing partly upon his own fieldwork among American Indians, anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan examined the kinship systems of over one hundred cultures, probing for similarities and differences in their organization. In his attempt to discover particular types of marriage and descent systems across the globe, Morgan demonstrated the centrality of kinship relations in many cultures. Kinship, it was revealed, was an important key for understanding cultures and could be studied through systematic, scientific means.Anthropologists continue to wrestle with the premises, methodology, and conclusions of Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity. Scholars such as W. H. R. Rivers, Robert Lowie, Meyer Fortes, Fred Eggan, and Claude Lévi-Strauss have acknowledged their intellectual debt to this study; those less sympathetic to Morgan's treatment of kinship nonetheless do not question its historical significance and impact on the development of modern anthropology. …