Manual for Kinship Analysis

Originally published in 1964 by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, this volume has been used by more than 50,000 students as an introduction to classifying and analyzing the kinship systems of the world. This second edition introduces in a simple, step-by-step style the methods of componential analysis as well as determining the structure of Iroquois, Crow-Omaha, and other kinship systems. A good supplemental text for Introductory Anthropology courses.

About the author

Ernest L. Schusky is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Southern Illinois University and was Visiting Professor at New Mexico Highlands University. He now lives in Tucson, Arizona where his interest in American Indians has focused on the Southwest. He is the author of two non-fiction works, "The Right to Be Indian" and "The Forgotten Sioux," along with several novels, including "Too Many Miracles," also from Sunstone Press.

Product details

• Authors: Ernest L. Schusky
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.07.1983
• EAN: 9780819134936
• ISBN: 978-0-8191-3493-6
• No. of pages: 104
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 164 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)