CRIME AND CUSTOM IN SAVAGE SOCIETY

Bronislaw Malinowski, D,Sc.

Verlag: Routledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd., London, 1966

Beschreibung

In the series of the International Library of Psychology, Philosophy, and Scientific Method. ***Four-page preface by Bronislaw Malinowski written New York City, March 1926. ***Illustrated with six black and white plates I. frontispiece showing : Fishing Canoes on the Lagoon; II. Bundles of Fish taken over from the Fishermen by the Inland Natives; III. Obligatory Display of Grief in Ritual Wailing; IV. Ceremonial Offering of Yams, carried in specially made wooden measures; V. A Conical Heap of Yams is put up in front of a Chief's Storehouse by his wife's relations; VI. A ceremonial act of the Kula before the Chief's personal hut at Omarakana. The Ethnographer's tent in the background. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Top edge of text-block slightly foxed. Interior pages clean. Spine tight. ***In a near fine plain white and black printed dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has not been price-clipped, and has a publisher's price sticker over the original printed price to front flap £1 8s 0d net / (£1.40). Edges and head and tail of spine of dustwrapper very slightly creased and rubbed. No tears. No fading. ***224 x146 mm. xii-prelim-pages including preface plus 132 pages including index, plus fifteen pages publisher's catalogue to rear. ***Preface; Introduction; PART I - Primitive Law and Order I. The Automatic Submission to Custom and the Real Problem; II. Melanesian Economics and the Theory of Primitive Communism; III. The Binding Force of Economic Obligations; IV. Reciprocity and Dual Organization; V. Law, Self-interest, and Social Ambition; VI. The Rules of Law in Religious Acts; VII. The Law of Marriage; VIII. The Principle of Give-and-take Pervading Tribal Life; IX. Reciprocity as the Basis of Social Structure; X. The Rules of Custom Defined and Classified; XI. An Anthropological Definition of Law; XII. Specific Legal Arrangements; XIII. Conclusion and Forecast. ***PART II - Primitive Crime and its Punishment I. The Law in Breach and the Restoration of Order; II. Sorcery and Suicide as Legal Influences; III. Systems of Law in Conflict; IV. The Factors of Social Cohesion in a Primitive Tribe; Index. ***'In this firsthand investigation into the social structure of a primitive community Dr Malinowski has broken new ground. It is probably no exaggeration to say that his book is the most important contribution to anthropology that has appeared for many years past. Its effects are bound to be far-reaching--- It is written by an anthropologist for anthropologists; but it should be read by all who have to deal with primitive peoples and by all who are interested in human nature as manifested in social relationships, which is to say that it should be read by everyone.' [Outlook] quote from front of dustwrapper blurb. ***Eighth impression of the true first edition, rare to find in its original dustwrapper especially in such nice collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4823

Bibliografische Details

Titel: CRIME AND CUSTOM IN SAVAGE SOCIETY

Verlag: Routledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd., London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1966

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine

Auflage: First Edition