Island Networks Communication, Kinship, and Classification Structures in Oceania |
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| Author:
| Hage, Per
Harary, Frank |
| Contribution by:
| Granovetter, Mark |
| Series title: | Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-03321-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $72.95 |
Book Description:
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Using network models from graph theory, this book analyses the formation of Pacific island empires, the social basis of dialect groups, the emergence of economic and political centres, the evolution and devolution of social stratification and the evolution of kinship terminologies, marriage systems and descent groups from common historical prototypes.
Using network models from graph theory, this book analyses the formation of Pacific island empires, the social basis of dialect groups, the emergence of economic and political centres, the evolution and devolution of social stratification and the evolution of kinship terminologies, marriage systems and descent groups from common historical prototypes.