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Kinship and Economic Organisation in Rural Japan

Kinship and Economic Organisation in Rural Japan

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- DIAGRAMS -- PREFACE -- Part I. GARO SOCIAL ORGANIZATION -- CHAP. I. Introduction -- CHAP. II. The Relation of Village Community to Kinship Structure -- CHAP. III. Social Change in Villages near the Plain -- PART II. KHASI SOCIAL ORGANIZATION -- CHAP. I. Introduction -- CHAP. II. Village Community -- CHAP. III. Kinship Structure and its Implications in Various Forms of Marriage -- DISCUSSION OF MATRILINEAL SYSTEMS -- ...

A brilliant wedding of 'national character' studies and analyses of small societies through the structural approach of British anthropology. One is of course reminded of Ruth Benedict's Chrysanthemum and the Sword which deals also with Japanese national culture. Studies by Margaret Mead and Geoffrey Gorer deal with other national cultures, however, all of these studies take off from national psychology. Professor Nakane comes to explanation of...