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The evolution of marriage and of the family

The evolution of marriage and of the family

Letourneau, Ch

Paperback

AnthropologyGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353700175
ISBN13: 9789353700171
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 1 2019
Pages: 408
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.91 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
How did marriage begin, and why did families change? Letourneau follows the evidence across continents and centuries. Nothing about kinship is inevitable. In this unabridged classic reprint of a public domain classic edition, CH. Letourneau surveys marriage customs worldwide with the curiosity of classic social anthropology and the edge of Victorian era social theory. Moving from early unions and household forms to kinship and descent systems, he weighs plural marriages, pairing, and the rise of legal monogamy, always asking what economy, belief, and power do to intimacy and inheritance. His comparisons draw on the broad ethnographic record available in his day, making the book both a readable narrative in family history anthropology and a practical anthropology research sourcebook, equally at home on a sociologist's desk or as a sociology students reference. For casual readers it moves quickly; for researchers it offers a clear map of terms. First published within nineteenth century anthropology's formative debates, The Evolution of Marriage and of the Family stands close to the era's defining arguments, from Lewis Henry Morgan kinship analysis to the comparative frame associated with Edward Burnett Tylor anthropology. Read now, its strengths and blind spots reveal how modern anthropology was built, and why questions of household, gender, and descent still spark argument. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike, and a serious classic to return to.

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