ISBN: 9780197241950 - choice and constraint in a swahili community: property, hierarchy and cognatic descent on the east african coast (international african institute s.) (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by For International African Institute by Oxford Unversity Press, Oxford, UK. 1975, xix, 162 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Originally published in 1975, this book examines property and power relations in a Swahili village on Mafia Island off Tanzania. It focuses on the cognatic descent groups which are important in many areas of village life such as land-holding, marriage, residence, Islamic activities and spirit possession cults. Some anthropologists have contended that groups with multiple membership cannot be viable social units, but this book shows that such a system can actually work. In showing how the cognatic descent groups actually operate, both an ideology of descent group membership and also numerical material about patterns of choice are presented. This involves the construction of both mechanical and statistical models, as well as a decision model to discuss the constraints governing choices. EB; 162 pages.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. xix 162pp hardback, grey cloth gilt in wrapper, papercilp mark to top edge of prelims, good in a rubbed wrapper.

Zustand: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…