Social anthropology of North American tribes

Type

Book

Authors

Fred Eggan ( Eggan, Fred )

Tags

Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Social life and customs, Indigenous peoples -- North America, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa Apache, Chiricahua, Fox, Cherokee, Indigenous peoples -- Great Plains, Anthropology

Abstract

"This book marks the conclusion of an important episode in the recent history of American anthropology - the immediate presence and participation of A.R. Radcliffe-Brown. The period of five years, during which his influence was directly exerted in teaching American students and guiding their research, is at an end. The circumstance has less finality because his associates in this country know that, just as his work affected theirs before he came to this country to work, so after he leaves will they continue to profit by his stimulating example." -- Introduction.

Description

xv, 574 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Biblio Notes

Contents:
Introduction, by R. Redfield. --
Some problems of social organization, by S. Tax. --
The Cheyenne and Arapaho. Introduction, by R. Redfield. --
Some problems of social organization, by S. Tax. --
The Cheyenne and Arapaho kinship system, by F. Eggan. --
Kiowa-Apache social organization, by J.G. McAllister. --
An outline of Chiricahua Apache social organization, by M.E. Opier. --
The social organization of the Fox Indians, by S. Tax. --
Eastern Cherokee socialiorganization, by W.H. Gilbert, Jr. --
The underlying sanctions of Plains Indian culture, by J.H. Provinse. --
The place of religious rev.

Includes bibliography and index.

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