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1 online resource (xlii, 156 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography ; 49
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Social and cultural anthropology ; 3
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Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography ; 49.
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Social and cultural anthropology ; 3.
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| Note |
Originally published: Edinburgh : Tavistock, 1966. |
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Derived from a conference held at Jesus College, Cambridge, 24-30 June 1963. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; Kinship, Friendship, and Patron-Client Relations in Complex Societies; Core and periphery in complex societies; Corporate kin groups in complex societies; Corporate communities; Individual-centered coalitions; Persistent functions of the family; Cooperation of kin in non-kin situations; Kinds of friendship; Friendship: a Middle-American case; Corporate groups and migrant populations; 'Open' organization and migrant populations; Cliques. |
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Patron-client relationsVariations in patron -client ties; The problem of national character; Acknowledgement; References; Sociological Characteristics of Small Territories and their Implications for Economic Development; Scale and roles; Scale, values, and alternatives; Scale and magico-religious practices; Scale and jural relations; Scale and political structure; Scale and economic development; Notes; Acknowledgement; References; Theoretical Orientations in African Urban Studies; Methodological approaches; Social surveys; Intensive studies; Urban studies and social change. |
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The situational approach(a) Density of settlement; (b) Mobility; (c) Heterogeneity; (d) Demographic disproportion; (e) Economic differentiation; (f) Administrative and political limitations; Types of sociological study in towns; Structural relationships; Categorical relationships; Personal networks; The town as a single social system; Notes; References; Religious Order and Mental Disorder: A Study in a South Wales Rural Community; Expected and unexpected misfortunes; The concept of accountability; Social structure; Religious organization; Religious affiliations; Religion and behaviour. |
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Concepts of mental disorderThe prevalence of mental disorder; Reference; The Significance of Quasi-Groups in the Study of Complex Societies; Network and set; The Dewas electoral situation; Characteristics of a Dewas electoral action-set; The action-set in comparative study; Action-set and quasi-group; Conclusion; Notes; References; British Community Studies: Problems of Synthesis; I Introduction: aims; II Concepts from microsociology; 1. Spiralism; 2. The stranger: science in wartime; III British community studies: a field surveyed; IV British community studies: a continuum suggested. |
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V Concepts in the continuum1. Concepts from classical sociology; 2. Concepts from modern sociology; 3. Concepts from social anthropology; 4. A concept from outside: social redundancy; VI Social anthropology: the study of process; 1. Two case studies: a North Wales and a South Wales village; 2. Language and education in South Wales; VII Process in urban research: a dramatic approach; 1. The drama in events; 2. The drama in ceremonial; 3. The drama in custom; VIII Conclusion: drama and continuum synthesized; Acknowledgements; References; Notes on Contributors. |
| Summary |
This volume illustrates how much the study of social anthropologists has encompassed other, non-primitive societies: rural Italy, urban Africa, village politics in India and the smaller ex-colonial territories of Fiji and Mauritius are just some of the areas covered by the book. The position and contribution of British community studies is also examined, illustrating how micro-sociology can be made relevant to macro-sociology. Originally published 1966. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Congresses.
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Ethnology -- Congresses. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Banton, Michael, 1926-2018, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Social anthropology of complex societies 0415330289 (OCoLC)53870670 |
| ISBN |
9781136539978 (electronic book) |
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1136539972 (electronic book) |
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0415330289 |
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9780415330282 |
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