Kinship and Social Organisation

Routledge Revivals

W. H. R. Rivers, Raymond Firth, David M. Schneider

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Routledge
15 April 2011

Society & culture: general; Social theory; Sociology: family & relationships; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: Routledge Revivals

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. He also shows that the terminology of relationship has been rigorously determined by social conditions and that, therefore, systems of relationship furnish us with a most valuable instrument in studying the history of social institutions.

This series of lectures was originally delivered by the author in May 1914, at the London School of Economics. They are based on the experiences of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to Melanesia in 1908.

By: W. H. R. Rivers, Raymond Firth, David M. Schneider
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9780415670449
ISBN 10: 0415670446
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 106
Publication Date: 15 April 2011
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

W.H.R Rivers