Island Networks

Contrary to common perception and belief, most island societies of the Pacific were not isolated, but were connected to other island societies by relations of kinship and marriage, trade and tribute, language and history. Using network models from graph theory, the authors analyse the formation of 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. The book is at once a unique and important contribution to Oceania studies, anthropology and social network analysis.

Sommario

List of figures, tables, and maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Island networks and graphs; 2. Trees; 3. The minimum spanning tree problem; 4. Search trees I; 5. Search trees II; 6. Centrality; 7. Dominating sets; 8. Digraphs; 9. Conclusion; References; Index.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Per Hage, Frank Harary
• Con la collaborazione di: Mark Granovetter (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.10.2014
• EAN: 9780521552325
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55232-5
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 157 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Peso: 616 g
• Serie: Structural Analysis in the Soc
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali