| Kinship, Networks, and Exchange Contributor(s): Schweizer, Thomas (Editor), White, Douglas R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 051189662X ISBN-13: 9780511896620 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $140.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Dewey: 306.83 |
| Series: Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The intent of this collection of original essays is to revitalize the study of kinship and exchange in a social network perspective. The collection combines studies of empirical systems of marriage and descent with investigations of the flow of material resources. This book marks the emergence of a new era in the study of kinship and exchange using a productive combination of ethnographic substance with formal methods, one which leaves behind older structural-functionalist and culturalist assumptions. |