Kinship, networks, and exchange / edited by Thomas Schweizer, Douglas R. White.

Other author Schweizer, Thomas.
Other author White, Douglas, 1942-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Descriptionviii, 337 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesStructural analysis in the social sciences ; 12
Structural analysis in the social sciences 12. ^A665669
Contents Revitalizing the study of kinship and exchange with network approaches / Thomas Schweizer and Douglas R. White -- The grapevine forest: kinship, status, and wealth in a Mediterranean community (Selo, Croatia) / Bojka Milicic -- Kinship, property transmission, and stratification in Javanese villages / Douglas R. White and Thomas Schweizer -- Network mediation of exchange structures: ambilateral sidedness and property flows in Pul Eliya (Sri Lanka) / Michael Houseman and Douglas R. White -- Alliance, exchange, and the organization of boat corporations in Lamalera (E. Indonesia) / Robert H. Barnes -- Experiential flexibility of cultural models: kinship knowledge and networks among individual Khasi (Meghalaya, N.E. India) / Monika Böck -- Moral economy and self-interest: kinship, friendship, and exchange among the Pokot (N.W. Kenya) / Michael Bollig -- Risk, uncertainty, and economic exchange in a pastoral community of the Andean highlands (Huancar, N.W. Argentina) / Barbara Göbel -- Wealth transfers occasioned by marriage: a comparative reconsideration / Duran Bell -- Prestations and progeny: the consolidation of well-being among the Bakkarwal of Jammu and Kashmir (western Himalayas) / Aparna Rao -- 'We don't sell our daughters': a report on money and marriage exchange in the township of Larantuka (Flores, E. Indonesia) / Stefan Dietrich -- Applications of the minimum spanning tree problem to network analysis / Per Hage and Frank Harary -- Local rules and global structures: models of exclusive straight sister-exchange / Franklin E. Tjon Sie Fat -- The capacity and constraints of kinship in the development of the Enga Tee ceremonial exchange network (Papua New Guinea highlands) / Polly Wiessner and Akii Tumu -- Between war and peace: gift exchange and commodity barter in the central and fringe highlands of Papua New Guinea / Joachim Görlich.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 96040355
ISBN0521590213 (hardback)

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Joyner General Stacks GN487 .K54 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold