Tradition and Contract
The Problem of Social Order
Published on 8. September 2017
140 pages
978-1-351-32932-3 (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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
0,16 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-351-32932-3 (9781351329323)
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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
