Island networks : communication, kinship, and classification structures in Oceania
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Bibliographic Information
Island networks : communication, kinship, and classification structures in Oceania
（Structural analysis in the social sciences）
Cambridge University Press, 1996
Available at 25 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-288) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Contrary to common perception and belief, most island societies of the Pacific were not isolated, but were connected to other island societies by relations of kinship and marriage, trade and tribute, language and history. Using network models from graph theory, the authors analyse the formation of island empires, the social basis of dialect groups, the emergence of economic and political centres, the evolution and devolution of social stratification and the evolution of kinship terminologies, marriage systems and descent groups from common historical prototypes. The book is at once a unique and important contribution to Oceania studies, anthropology and social network analysis.
Table of Contents
- List of figures, tables, and maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Island networks and graphs
- 2. Trees
- 3. The minimum spanning tree problem
- 4. Search trees I
- 5. Search trees II
- 6. Centrality
- 7. Dominating sets
- 8. Digraphs
- 9. Conclusion
- References
- Index.
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