Kinship and Marriage: An Anthropological Perspective

By Robin Fox

Book Overview

Robin Fox's study of systems of kinship and alliance has become an established classic of the social science literature. It has been praised above all for its liveliness of style and clarity of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140208844
• ISBN13: 9780140208849
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent overview of a complicated subject.

Kinship and Marraige can be a very complicated subject. Fox covers it with good examples, diagrams, and text that is easy and amusing to read. It is an excellent textbook, but a good read in its own right.