The dynamics of culture change : an inquiry into race relations in Africa / by Bronislaw Malinowski ; edited by Phyllis M. Kaberry
1945, First Edition. New Haven London : Yale University Press ; H. Milford, Oxford University Press. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #467016
Physical description; xiv pages, 2 leaves, 171, [1] pages ; 24 cm. Notes; "Published on the Louis Stern memorial fund." Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-165) and index. Contents; New tasks of modern anthropology -- Theories of culture change -- Value of history and its limitations -- Functional theory of culture -- Function and adaptability of African institutions -- Principle of the common factor in culture change -- Scientific principles and instruments in the study of culture change -- African warfare -- Reflections on witchcraft -- Problems of native diet in their economic setting -- African land problems -- Indirect rule and its scientific planning -- Promise of culture change and its fulfillment. Subjects; Indigenous peoples Africa. Ethnology Africa. Acculturation. Acculturation Africa. Race Relations.
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