THE ORIENTAL, THE ANCIENT AND THE PRIMITIVE Systems of Marriage and the Family in the Pre-Industrial Societies of Eurasia by Goody, Jack - 1990

Cambridge/ New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Hardcover. VG-/VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear to boards and block. Pages are otherwise clean and clear.). Blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; red dj with bw illustration; xix, 542 pp; bw maps. In The Oriental, the Ancient and the Primitive one of the world's most foremost anthropologists looks in depth at kinship practice in Asia, and continues the comparative survey of pre-industrial family formation undertaken in The Development of Family and Marriage in Europe (1983) and elsewhere. Professor Goody's findings cause him to question many traditional assumptions about the 'primitive' east, and he suggests that, in contrast to pre-colonial Africa, kinship practice in Asia has much in common with that prevailing in parts of pre-industrial Europe. Goody examines the transmission of productive and other property in relation both to the prevailing… Read More

Cambridge, England, UK, et al.: Cambridge University Press, 1990. 1st Published 1990 . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo or 8° (Medium Octavo): 7¾" x 9¾" tall. 542 pp. Over-sized and/or over weight book; extra postage required. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Solidly bound copy and dust jacket with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Relevant newspaper article included from previous owner.

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