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Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia

By Northcote Whitridge Thomas

2018-10-15 18:45:22

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 ... Read more
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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File size264.622 KB
Print pages170
PublisherPublic Domain Book
Publication date2010-10-02
LanguageEnglish
ISBN1505235227
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Northcote Whitridge Thomas
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Northcote Whitridge Thomas (1868-1936) was a British anthropologist and psychical researcher....

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