Kinship and Social Organization (Lse Monographs on Social Anthropology) by W.H.R. Rivers - 1968-02-01

Oxford, England, U.K.: Berg, 2004. This book contains the author's three lectures on Kinship and Social Organization delivered in 1913 at the London School of Economics and first published the following year, and his article The Genealogical Method of Anthropological Inquiry published in 1910 in The Sociological Review; also included are an introduction by Raymond Firth and two commentaries on Rivers and kinship by Firth and David M. Schneider (yellow & white laminated covers with black lettering; a bright, clean, tight copy in nearly perfect condition; in stock & available for immediate shipment from a reliable independent bookstore). Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket.

Hardback. New. WHR Rivers has been called 'the founder of the modern study of social organization'. This volume reprints three of his lectures, delivered in 1913 and first published in 1914, which provide an exposition of his theoretical approach, and are exemplary of his handling of ethnographic evidence.

Berg Pub Ltd, 1968. Hardcover. New. 132 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.75 inches.