{"product_id":"kinship-organisations-and-group-marriage-in-australia-paperback-9781108010511","title":"Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108010511","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eKinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study of indigenous Australian kinship structures demonstrating fundamental social anthropological concepts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNorthcote Whitridge Thomas (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108010511, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 October 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e188 pages, 3 maps  1 table\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1 cm, 0.25 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eN. W. Thomas (1868–1936) was one of the first government anthropologists of the colonial era and published one of the first studies of central African languages. This book, written in the early stages of his career, is a study of kinship structures in indigenous Australian peoples, and was first published as part of the Cambridge Archaeological and Ethnological Series in 1906. Thomas develops and defines fundamental anthropological concepts used today – such as consanguinity as a distinct term affecting descent, status and duties in a society – and emphasises the importance of seeing kinship terms as a social description, instead of merely describing biological relationships. His deconstruction of Lewis H. Morgan's theory of social evolution is also of interest for constructing a historiography of social anthropology. This volume contains views on ethnicity which were acceptable at the time it was first published.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Contents\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index to abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introductory\u003cbr\u003e 2. Descent\u003cbr\u003e 3. Definitions and history\u003cbr\u003e 4. Tables of classes, phratries, etc.\u003cbr\u003e 5. Phratry names\u003cbr\u003e 6. Origin of phratries\u003cbr\u003e 7. Class names\u003cbr\u003e 8. Theories of the origin of classes\u003cbr\u003e 9. Kinship terms\u003cbr\u003e 10. Types of sexual unions\u003cbr\u003e 11. Group marriage and Mortan's theories\u003cbr\u003e 12. Group marriage and the terms of the relationship\u003cbr\u003e 13. Pirrauru\u003cbr\u003e 14. Temporary unions\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005376385304,"sku":"9781108010511","price":22.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108010511i.jpg?v=1694867502","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/kinship-organisations-and-group-marriage-in-australia-paperback-9781108010511","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}