Overview :Inspired by the seminal work of Jack Goody, a historical anthropologist specializing in the study of social structure and change, Technology... Read More
Overview :With studies of China, India, West Africa, South America and Europe, this book provides a global perspective on food consumption in the mode... Read More
Overview :The importance of writing as a means of communication in a society formerly without it, or where writing has been confined to particular gro... Read More
Overview :The East in the West reassesses Western views of Asia, which much European history and social theory has seen as "static" or "backward." Jac... Read More
Overview :A collection of specially commissioned essays dealing with general aspects of kinship, family and marriage from an anthropological point of ... Read More
Overview :The idea of long-term European dominance is characteristic of most evolutionary theories of human culture and society in the nineteenth cent... Read More
Overview :The preparation, serving and eating of food are common features of all human societies, and have been the focus of study for numerous anthro... Read More
Overview :One of the most distinguished social scientists in the world addresses one of the central historical questions of the past millennium: does ... Read More
Overview :Current theories and views on the differences in the 'mind' of human societies depend very much on a dichotomy between 'advanced' and 'primi... Read More
Overview :Social scientists, when making their studies of the structure of family groups, have often observed the current situation of a particular gr... Read More
Overview :Around 300 A.D. European patterns of marriage and kinship were turned on their head. What had previously been the norm - marriage to close k... Read More
Overview :In Myth, Ritual and the Oral Jack Goody, one of the world's most distinguished anthropologists, returns to the related themes of myth, orali... Read More
Overview :This book is an attempt to see the development of domestic institutions, the family, marriage, conjugal roles, in relation to changes in the... Read More
Overview :In The Theft of History Jack Goody builds on his own previous work to extend further his highly influential critique of what he sees as the ... Read More
Overview :Whilst the fundamental significance of the spoken language for human interaction is widely acknowledged, that of writing is less well known,... Read More