Tradition and Contract
The Problem of Order
2nd Edition
Published on 31. December 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
XI, 140 pages
978-0-202-30690-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a vivid and informative view of life in traditional groups that are ordered mainly through the informal operation of everyday social relations, based on Colson's field research with North American Indians and with peoples in what is now Zambia.
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Edition
2., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
Somerset
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
237 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-202-30690-2 (9780202306902)
Schweitzer Classification
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12/1974
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Person
Elizabeth Colson
Content
1. An Explanatory Introduction 2. Lewis Henry Morgan and the Study of Political Systems 3. A Society of Equals: The Problem of Consensus 4. The Limits of Authority: Knowing the Rules 5. The Search for Utopia