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UNINA9910965751203321 |
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Titolo |
The family estate in Africa : studies in the role of property in family structure and lineage continuity / / edited by Robert F. Gray and P.H. Gulliver |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-52905-5 |
1-136-52912-8 |
1-315-01724-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Collana |
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Africa ; ; VI |
Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GrayRobert F |
GulliverP. H |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Families - Africa |
Kinship |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; INTRODUCTION Robert F. Gray; THE SHAMBALA FAMILY E. V. Winans, Ph.D. (California); THE GUSII FAMILY Robert A. LeVine, Ph.D.(Harvard); FAMILY AND LINEAGE AMONG THE SuKu oF THE CoNGO Igor Kopytoff, Ph.D. (Northwestern); PROPERTY AND THE CYcLE oF DoMESTIC GRouPs IN TAITA Alfred Harris, Ph.D. (Cantab) and Grace Harris Ph.D. (Cantab); PROPERTY, CROSS-COUSIN MARRIAGE, AND THE FAMILY CYCLE AMONG THE LOBEDU Eileen Jensen Krige, D.Litt. (Witwatersrand) |
THE ARUSHA FAMILY P. H. Gulliver, Ph.D. (London)SONJO LINEAGE STRUCTURE AND PROPERTY Robert F. Gray, Ph.D.(Chicago); SUBJECT INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Too often accounts of African family life have tended to describe the family in purely static terms. The contributors to this book emphasize the developmental or time dimension of the family, analysing it as a process. <BR> In the seven different societies described in East Africa, the Congo and the Transvaal the changing nature of the distribution of |
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