The social anthropology of complex societies / edited by Michael Banton
1966, 1st edition. London : Tavistock. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #325318
Physical description: xlii, 156p: tables, diagr; 23cm. Notes: Derived from material presented at a conference sponsored by the Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Introduction / Max Gluckman and Fred Eggan; Kinship, friendship, and patron-client relations in complex societies / Eric R. Wolf; Sociological characteristics of small territories and their implications for economic development / Burton Benedict; Theoretical orientations in African urban studies / J. Clyde Mitchell; Religious order and mental disorder: a study in a South Wales rural community / Joe Loudon; The significance of quasi-groups in the study of complex societies / Adrian C. Mayer; British community studies: problems of synthesis / Ronald Frankenberg. Subjects: Conference. Social anthropology of complex societies (1963: Cambridge). Civilization Anthropological aspects; Congresses. Ethnology; Congresses. Anthropology Addresses, essays, lectures. Sociology Addresses, essays, lectures. Genre: Conference publication. Illustrated.
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