Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia
Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia
By Northcote Whitridge Thomas
15 Oct, 2018
The tribe is defined by American anthropologists as a union of hordes or clans for common defense under a chief. The American tribe differs in two respects, at least, from the Australian tribe; in the first place, marriage outside the tribe is except
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The tribe is defined by American anthropologists as a union of hordes or clans for common defense under a chief. The American tribe differs in two respects, at least, from the Australian tribe; in the first place, marriage outside the tribe is exceptional in America and common in Australia; in the second place, the stranger gains entrance to the American tribe only by adoption; and we may probably add, thirdly, that the American tribe does not invariably lay claim to landed property or hunting rights. Less
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