Process and Form in Social Life: Selected Essays of Fredrik Barth. Volume 1 (International Library of Anthropology)

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Author(s): Fredrik Barth
Series: International Library of Anthropology
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Routledge Kegan & Paul
Year: 1981

Language: English
Pages: 249

Front cover......Page 1
Title page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 7
1. Anthropological models and social reality......Page 20
Introduction......Page 38
The analytical importance of transaction......Page 39
Processes of integration in culture......Page 54
The problem of comparison......Page 67
5. 'Models' reconsidered......Page 82
6. On the study of social change......Page 111
7. Analytical dimensions in the comparison of social organizations......Page 125
8. Descent and marriage reconsidered......Page 144
9. Economic spheres in Darfur......Page 163
10. Competition and symbiosis in North East Baluchistan......Page 185
11. A general perspective on nomad-sedentary relations in the Middle East......Page 193
12. Ethnic groups and boundaries......Page 204
Notes......Page 234
Bibliography......Page 238
Index......Page 245