This book treats all of African social interaction as economic in this larger sense (including the various types of marriage, descent, kinship, and political organizations that characterize the continent), and develops a theory of the separation of culture and society that helps bring order to interpretation in ways never done before.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pearson Education
ISBN-10
0130186481
ISBN-13
9780130186485
eBay Product ID (ePID)
51990
Product Key Features
Author
Harold Schneider
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General
Publication Year
1980
Type
Textbook
Genre
Social Science
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.7in
Item Weight
24.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gn645.S28
Edition Number
1
Publication Name
Africans : an Ethnological Account
Table of Content
1. Perspectives on Africa. 2. A Brief History of SubSaharan Africa. 3. Material Economics. 4. Marriage and Descent. 5. Kinship. 6. Power and Authority. 7. Religion and Philosophy: Great Traditions and Modeling. 8. Religion and Philosophy: Binary Classification and Ritual. 9. Contemporary Africa. Bibliography.