The family estate in Africa : studies in the role of property in family structure and lineage continuity / edited by Robert F. Gray and P.H. Gulliver

Published:: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (v, 265 pages).
Additional Creators:: Gray, Robert F., 1912- and Gulliver, P. H.

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Contents:

Introduction / Robert F. Gray -- The Shambala family / E.V. Winans -- The Gusii family / Robert A. LeVine -- Family and lineage among the Suku of the Congo / Igor Kopytoff -- Property and the cycle of domestic groups in Taita / Alfred Harris and Grace Harris -- Property, cross-cousin marriage, and the family cycle among the Lobedu / Eileen Jensen Krige -- The Arusha family / P.H. Gulliver -- Sonjo lineage structure and property / Robert F. Gray.

Subject(s):

Families—Africa
Kinship

ISBN:

9781315017242 (e-book : PDF)
9781136529054 (e-book: PDF)
9781136529122 (e-book: ePub)
9781136529191 (e-book: Mobi)
9780415329859 (hardback)
9781138861800 (paperback)

Note:

First published in 1964.

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