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  • - Rural Society in Western Europe, 1200-1800
    av Jack Goody
    534,-

    This pioneering book examines different aspects of the inheritance customs in rural Western Europe in the pre-industrial age: for families and whole societies, the roles of lawyers in reducing them to a common system, and the recurring debate on the merits of various inheritance customs in shaping particular kinds of society.

  • - Essays in the Comparative Sociology of a new State and an old Tradition
    av Jack Goody
    483 - 1 651,-

  • av Jack (University of Cambridge) Goody
    483 - 1 332,-

  • av Jack (University of Cambridge) Goody
    483 - 1 290,-

  • av Jack Goody
    613 - 3 096,-

    Against the background of the problems involved in the comparative study of human society, the essays in this book show the comparative ideal in practice, which combines elements from both sociology and anthropology. In each essay, specific problems are treated in a way which tests theory against evidence, to replace assertion by demonstration.

  • - A Study of the Mortuary Customs of the LoDagaa of West Africa
    av Jack Goody
    647 - 3 096,-

    This volume is a study of mortuary customs of the LoDagaa of West Africa, in research for this project the author spent over 100 days attending funeral ceremonies and attended 25 burial services.

  • av Jack Goody
    458,-

    This 1979 volume provides a general and theoretical analysis of succession in different traditional African societies. Jack Goody's introduction spells out the main ways in which systems of succession to office differ, and assesses the problem each system solves and the dilemmas it creates. This is followed by four case studies.

  • av Jack Goody
    736,-

    The importance of writing as a means of communication in a society formerly without it, or where writing has been confined to particular groups, is enormous. It objectifies speech, provides language with a material correlative, and in this material form speech can be transmitted over space and preserved over time.

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