African Societies

By - Mair, Lucy, 1901-1986

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Cambridge University Press, [London], 1974

ISBN 10 - 0521098548

ISBN 13 - 9780521098540

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Ethnology

Shelf No - 13

Call Number - 301.296 MAI

Physical Description - v, 251 pages : maps ; 22 cm

Book Information

In African Societies, Lucy Mair unites the two main strands of anthropology teaching: the discussion and illustration of the various analytical concepts used by anthropologists in the study of social systems; and ethnography - the detailed study of particular societies, nowadays obtained by participant observation. All societies discussed are in sub-Saharan Africa. This 1977 book will be of great use to students of social anthropology studying ethnography. Presenting as it does brief ethnographic accounts of a wide variety of African societies, as well as exemplifications and discussions of many theoretical concepts, the book offers the reader quick and easy access to a large body of information which previously had to be mined from a large number of monographs.

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