Anthropological Theory: An Introductory HistoryA comprehensive and accessible survey of the history of theory in anthropology, this anthology of classic and contemporary readings contains in-depth commentary in introductions and notes to help guide students through excerpts of seminal anthropological works. The commentary provides the background information needed to understand each article, its central concepts, and its relationship to the social and historical context in which it was written. |
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... Nuer of the Southern Sudan E. E. EVANS - PRITCHARD ( 1902-1973 ) THE GOVERNMENT OPERATING FROM VARIOUS CENTRES DINKALAND AND OTHER FOREIGN. be seem to us to call a mother's brother's son , who may actually younger than the speaker , by a ...
... Nuer of the Southern Sudan E. E. EVANS - PRITCHARD ( 1902-1973 ) THE GOVERNMENT OPERATING FROM VARIOUS CENTRES DINKALAND AND OTHER FOREIGN. be seem to us to call a mother's brother's son , who may actually younger than the speaker , by a ...
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... Nuer broke from their homeland to the west of the Nile on to the Dinka lands to the east of that river and that they conquered and ab- sorbed the inhabitants in most of what is now eastern Nuerland ( the Nuer distinguish between Nath ...
... Nuer broke from their homeland to the west of the Nile on to the Dinka lands to the east of that river and that they conquered and ab- sorbed the inhabitants in most of what is now eastern Nuerland ( the Nuer distinguish between Nath ...
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... Nuer have never been bound to any particular spot by necessity or sentiment . Nevertheless , there is a straight relation be- tween political structure and the clan system , for a clan , or a maximal lineage , is associated with each ...
... Nuer have never been bound to any particular spot by necessity or sentiment . Nevertheless , there is a straight relation be- tween political structure and the clan system , for a clan , or a maximal lineage , is associated with each ...
Contents
Part | 5 |
CHARLES DARWIN AND ALFRED WALLACE On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties | 11 |
Outlook 18451846 | 67 |
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