Comparative Studies in Kinship
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The Logic Of Writing And The Organization Of Society
This work assesses the impact of writing on human societies, both in the Ancient Near East and in contemporary Africa, and highlights some general features o... »

Islam In Europe
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The European Family
A history of the family in Europe from antiquity to the present day. It examines the effects on domestic life of key social, political and economic developme... »

Death, Property and the Ancestors
A Study Of The Mortuary Customs Of The Lodagaa Of West Africa »

Metals, Culture and Capitalism
An Essay on the Origins of the Modern World »

Capitalism And Modernity
This title investigates how the West attained its current position of economic and social advantage. In an incisive historical analysis, Jack Goody examines ... »

The East in the West
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Literacy in Traditional Societies
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The Bedouin Of Cyrenaica
Studies In Personal And Corporate Power »