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We the Tikopia: A sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia (Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology and Ethnography, 6) - Softcover

Firth, Raymond

 
9780415511285: We the Tikopia: A sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia (Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology and Ethnography, 6)

Synopsis

Recognized as a major work when first published, this title has, over the years, become a classic. Forming the basis of modern social anthropology, We the Tikiopia stands in the forefront of its literature.
The book is an excellent example of fieldwork analysis of a primitive society; a complete account of the working of a primitive kinship system; and an exhaustive and sophisticated study of Polynesian social institutions.
First published in 1936.

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Raymond Firth

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