Island Networks : Communication, Kinship, and Classification Structures in Oceania Hardback
by Per (University of Utah) Hage, Frank (New Mexico State University and the University of Michigan) Harary
Part of the Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences series
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Contrary to common perception and belief, most island societies of the Pacific were not isolated, but were connected to other island societies by relations of kinship and marriage, trade and tribute, language and history.
Using network models from graph theory, the authors analyse the formation of island empires, the social basis of dialect groups, the emergence of economic and political centres, the evolution and devolution of social stratification and the evolution of kinship terminologies, marriage systems and descent groups from common historical prototypes.
The book is at once a unique and important contribution to Oceania studies, anthropology and social network analysis.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages, 10 Tables, unspecified; 4 Maps; 121 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/10/1996
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- ISBN:9780521552325
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:320 pages, 10 Tables, unspecified; 4 Maps; 121 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/10/1996
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- ISBN:9780521552325
