{"product_id":"the-oriental-the-ancient-and-the-primitive-systems-of-marriage-and-the-family-in-the-pre-industrial-societies-of-eurasia-paperback-9780521367615","title":"The Oriental, the Ancient and the Primitive; Systems of Marriage and the Family in the Pre-Industrial Societies of Eurasia (Paperback) 9780521367615","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Oriental, the Ancient and the Primitive\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSystems of Marriage and the Family in the Pre-Industrial Societies of Eurasia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJack Goody (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521367615, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 8 February 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e564 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.8 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...this scholarly tour de force will become a standard reference work for many disciplines.\"   Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn The Oriental, the Ancient and the Primitive one of the world's most foremost anthropologists looks in depth at kinship practice in Asia, and continues the comparative survey of pre-industrial family formation undertaken in The Development of Family and Marriage in Europe (1983) and elsewhere. Professor Goody's findings cause him to question many traditional assumptions about the 'primitive' east, and he suggests that, in contrast to pre-colonial Africa, kinship practice in Asia has much in common with that prevailing in parts of pre-industrial Europe. Goody examines the transmission of productive and other property in relation both to the prevailing political economy and to family and ideological structures, and then explores the distribution of mechanisms and strategies of management across cultures. He concludes that notions of western 'uniqueness' are often misplaced, and that much previous work on Asian kinship has been unwittingly distorted by the application of concepts and approaches derived from other, inappropriate, social formations, simple or post-industrial.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The nature of the enterprise\u003cbr\u003e Part I. China: 2. The incorporation of women\u003cbr\u003e 3. The lineage and the conjugal fund\u003cbr\u003e 4. Differentiation, hierarchical and regional\u003cbr\u003e 5. Land, polyandry and celibacy in Tibet\u003cbr\u003e Part II. India: 6. Marriage and the family in Gujarat (with Esther Goody)\u003cbr\u003e 7. The high and the low\u003cbr\u003e 8. The North and the South\u003cbr\u003e 9. Kinship and modes of production\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Near East: 10. The abominations of the Egyptians\u003cbr\u003e 11. Jacob's marriages\u003cbr\u003e 12. Marriage and property in the Arab world\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Greece and Rome, Yesterday and Today: 13. The heiress in ancient Greece\u003cbr\u003e 14. Monogamy, property and control in Rome\u003cbr\u003e 15. Dowry, continuity and change in the eastern Mediterranean\u003cbr\u003e 16. Asia and Europe\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Anthropology%20%5BJHM%5D%22\"\u003eJHM\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":46004898365720,"sku":"9780521367615","price":39.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521367615i_73b98230-30f3-497e-883c-e1ab2f9d3936.jpg?v=1691375799","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-oriental-the-ancient-and-the-primitive-systems-of-marriage-and-the-family-in-the-pre-industrial-societies-of-eurasia-paperback-9780521367615","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}