Island Networks: Communication, Kinship, and Classification Structures in Oceania - Couverture rigide

Hage, Per; Harary, Frank

 
9780521552325: Island Networks: Communication, Kinship, and Classification Structures in Oceania
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 052155232X ISBN 13 : 9780521552325
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

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.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Revue de presse

"This unique and important work makes fascinating reading and should have a wide audience among both graph theorists and social scientists...and will undoubtedly have a great deal of influence in the further development of analytic methods in social science." Bulletin of the Institute of Combinatorics

"...highly useful to all specialists in Pacific Island anthropology as well as to those with a special methodological interest in network analysis and mathematical models." A. Arno, Choice

"Their approach is particularly valuable to the study of communication in Pacific Island societies and regional systems from a process-oriented perspective..." A.Arno, Choice

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
052155232X
ISBN 13 
9780521552325
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/

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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780521033213: Island Networks: Communication, Kinship, and Classification Structures in Oceania

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521033217 ISBN 13 :  9780521033213
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010
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