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  • - A Cultural History of East and West
    af Jack Goody
    363,95 kr.

    Surveys phenomena as diverse as the uniqueness of the European family, the development of romantic love, the evolution of national and regional cuisines, and the globalization of Chinese food. This book shows that the ethnocentricity of much of Western scholarship has distorted the comprehension of the East and of developments in Europe.

  • - Rural Society in Western Europe, 1200-1800
    af Jack Goody
    450,95 kr.

    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
    af Jack Goody
    471,95 - 1.307,95 kr.

  • af Jack (University of Cambridge) Goody
    449,95 - 1.167,95 kr.

  • af Jack (University of Cambridge) Goody
    451,95 - 1.140,95 kr.

  • af Jack Goody
    535,95 - 2.708,95 kr.

    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
    af Jack Goody
    601,95 - 2.708,95 kr.

    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.

  • af Jack Goody
    413,95 kr.

    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.

  • af Jack Goody
    633,95 kr.

    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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