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Author Langham, Ian, 1942-

Title The building of British social anthropology : W.H.R. Rivers and his Cambridge disciples in the development of kinship studies, 1898-1931 / Ian Langham
Published Dordrecht, Holland ; Boston, U.S.A. : D. Reidel ; Hingham, MA : sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Boston Inc., [1981]
©1981

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Description xxxii, 392 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Studies in the history of modern science ; v. 8
Studies in the history of modern science ; v. 8
Contents Includes indexes
Summary Traces the influence of major anthropological figures on kinship studies; includes discussion of changing analyses of Australian Aboriginal kinship, marriage-class systems and totemism
Analysis Kinship Research in Great Britain 1898-1931
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Subject Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers), 1864-1922.
Ethnology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- England -- History.
Kinship -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- England -- History.
LC no. 81010638
ISBN 9027712646
9027712654