Tradition and contract : the problem of order

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Tradition and contract : the problem of order

Elizabeth Colson

(The Lewis Henry Morgan lectures, 1973)

Aldine Pub. Co., 1974

  • : cloth
  • : pbk.

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Note

Bibliography: p. 115-125

Includes index

"Paperback edition published 2002"--t.p. verso

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Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780202011318

Description

First Published in 2017. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.
Volume

: pbk. ISBN 9780202306902

Description

This book provides a vivid and informative view of life in traditional groups that are ordered mainly through the informal operation of everyday social relations, based on Colson's field research with North American Indians and with peoples in what is now Zambia.

Table of Contents

1. An Explanatory Introduction 2. Lewis Henry Morgan and the Study of Political Systems 3. A Society of Equals: The Problem of Consensus 4. The Limits of Authority: Knowing the Rules 5. The Search for Utopia

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