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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828779103321

Autore

Rivers W. H. R (William Halse Rivers), <1864-1922., >

Titolo

Kinship and social organisation / / W.H.R. Rivers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-70868-5

9786613833129

0-203-81465-7

1-136-70869-3

1-283-52067-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (106 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Disciplina

306.83

Soggetti

Kinship

Anthropology

Ethnology - Melanesia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1914 by Constable & Co. Ltd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Lecture I 2. Lecture II 3. Lecture III

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1914, W.H.R. Rivers' hugely influential study was the first to effectively demonstrate the close connection between methods of denoting relationship or kinship and forms of social organisation, including those based on different forms of the institution of marriage.