Watson James L Edited (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1980. Asia, Africa, anthropology theory and method. University of California Press. Very good ex-library brown boards, no dust jacket 348p. 9/26 up high.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition First Printing. 8vo. 465 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a pale orange dust jacket. The jacket is quite rubbed and worn with edge tears, chips, etc. Book is sound with clean text. INSCRIBED by the Editor Richard Watson on the front flyleaf. Signed by Editor.…

Maps, xvi + 319pp, glossary, index, references, 23.6 x 16cm. From ancient times the ties based on patrilineal descent were matters of ethical concern and practical politics in China. During the late imperial period, descent groups with as many as hundreds of members became a common feature of the social landscape. This volume, which will be of interest to both historians and anthropologists, concludes that these groups were far more varied and complex than anthropologists, concludes that these groups were far more varied and complex than anthropologists have assumed. Using case studies from north and central China and covering all periods from the Sung through Ch'ing dynasties, the authors explore the diversity of kinship organization and provide new insights into its relation to ancestral rituals, marriage strategies, adoption practices, settlement patterns, and the political, economic and philosophical concerns of the elite.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1972. Previous owner's name on Dust Jacket else a bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bound in the original gray cloth. Pages are fresh and crisp, probably never read. Illustrations. References. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "Eighteen chapters cover a broad range of topics in industrial chemistry and chemical engineering from heat and mass transfer through applied mathematics and process control to plastics and crystallization." With contributions by William L. Bolles, James R. Fair, L. T. Fan, S. J. Chen, C. A. Watson, J. Y. Oldshue, Thomas M. Regan, Albert Gomezplata, Richard J. Nunge, Fadel F. Erian, E. James Davis, C. S. Hung, Leon Lapidus, Lowell B. Koppel, E. P. Stahel, J. K. Ferrell, K. H. Lin, John H. Sinfelt, Morton M. Denn, M. M. Grover, R. Maska, R. B. Seymour, F. C. Weissert, G. D. Botsaris, E. G. Denk, Robert Kunin. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo. vii, 370pp. …