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The Oriental, the Ancient and the Primitive

Systems of Marriage and the Family in the Pre-Industrial Societies of Eurasia

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Paperback | 9 April 1990

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In The Oriental, the Ancient and the Primitive one of the world's most foremost anthropologists looks in depth at kinship practice in Asia, and continues the comparative survey of pre-industrial family formation undertaken in The Development of Family and Marriage in Europe (1983) and elsewhere. Professor Goody's findings cause him to question many traditional assumptions about the 'primitive' east, and he suggests that, in contrast to pre-colonial Africa, kinship practice in Asia has much in common with that prevailing in parts of pre-industrial Europe. Goody examines the transmission of productive and other property in relation both to the prevailing political economy and to family and ideological structures, and then explores the distribution of mechanisms and strategies of management across cultures. He concludes that notions of western 'uniqueness' are often misplaced, and that much previous work on Asian kinship has been unwittingly distorted by the application of concepts and approaches derived from other, inappropriate, social formations, simple or post-industrial.

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"[Goody] has introduced here evidence on a wide range of Eurasian societies...Even specialists on the particular areas he deals with will find that his outsider's perspective and broad erudition produce many comments and insights that may alter the way they think about the society in which they specialize...well worth reading." American Historical Review "...this scholarly tour de force will become a standard reference work for many disciplines." Choice

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List of illustrations
List of tables
Preface
The nature of the enterprise
China
The incorporation of women
The lineage and the conjugal fund
Differentiation, hierarchical and regional
Land, polyandry and celibacy in Tibet
India
Marriage and the family in Gujarat (with Esther Goody)
The high and the low
The North and the South
Kinship and modes of production
The Near East
The abominations of the Egyptians
Jacob's marriages
Marriage and property in the Arab world
Greece and Rome, Yesterday and Today
The heiress in ancient Greece
Monogamy, property and control in Rome
Dowry, continuity and change in the eastern Mediterranean
Asia and Europe
Notes
References
Index
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The Oriental, the Ancient and the Primitive

Systems of Marriage and the Family in the Pre-Industrial Societies of Eurasia

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