| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Life and Work of Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-1881) -- Tools and Types -- Seneca Revisited -- Omaha Skewing Reconsidered -- Highland Middle Indian (HMI) Terminologies -- Schneider, Relatedness, 'Malayan', and General Comparison -- Social Evolution and the Australian Anomaly -- Order in Anarchy: HMI Gentile Organization Compared -- Bridewealth and Gender in Highland Middle India -- The Dark Side of the Moon -- Conclusion. For the Record -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
"About 150 years ago L.H. Morgan compared relationship terminologies, societal forms, and ideas of property to recognize the interdependence of the three domains. From a new perspective, the book will re-examine, confirm and criticize, Morgan's findings to conclude that reciprocal affinal relations determine most 'classificatory' terminologies and regulate many non-state societies, their property notions, and their rituals. Apart from references to American and Australian features, such holistic socio-cultural constructs will be exemplified by elaborate descriptions of little-known contemporary Indigenous societies in highland Middle India, altogether comprising many millions of members"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| SUBJECT |
Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50006099
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Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881. fast (OCoLC)fst00001550 |
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Indigenous peoples -- Social life and customs.
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Primitive societies
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Social structure.
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Kinship.
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Social evolution.
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Cultural Evolution
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social structure.
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kinship.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural & Social.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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Social structure.
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Social evolution.
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Primitive societies.
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Indigenous peoples -- Social life and customs.
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Consanguinity.
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Ethnology -- Methodology.
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Kinship.
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| Genre/Form |
Terminology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019980482 |
| ISBN |
9781789203189 |
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178920318X |
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