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Muslim Society
Of all the great world religions, Islam appears to have the most powerful political appeal in the twentieth century. It sustains some severely traditional and conservative regimes, …
In the Society of Nature
The Achuar Indians live in the remote forest reaches of the Upper Amazon and have developed sophisticated strategies of resource management. Philippe Descola, who has gathered …
Individual and Society in Guiana
The Amerindian peoples of Guiana, the geographical region of north-east South America, have long been recognized as forming a distinct variety of the tropical forest culture. In …
Strategies and Norms in a Changing Matrilineal Society
The theme of this book is the analysis of the changes that have occurred in the kinship patterns of the Toka of South Zambia as a result of a shift in their form of production from …
Religion and Custom in a Muslim Society
Among the Berti of Northern Darfur (Sudan), as among many Muslim societies, the formal religious practices are predominantly the concern of men, while local, unorthodox customary …
Rural Society in Southeast India
This book is a comparative study of caste and class in two small villages in the Thanjavur district of southeast India based on fieldwork done by the author in 1951–3. Differing …
Individual and Society in Guiana
The Amerindian peoples of Guiana have long been recognized as forming a distinct variety of the tropical forest culture.