Kinship and the Social Order.

The Legacy of Lewis Henry Morgan

Meyer Fortes author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:26th Feb '04

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Kinship and the Social Order. cover

Originally published in the UK in 1970.
The central argument of this book is that the structuralist theory and method developed by British and American anthropologists in the study of kinship and social organization are the direct descendants of the researches of Lewis Henry Morgan. Re-examining Morgan's work, the book demonstrates how a tradition of mis-interpretation has disguised the true import of Morgan's discoveries and ideas for Rivers and Radcliffe-Brown and the generation of anthropologists inspired by them.

ISBN: 9780415330091

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 589g

362 pages