Production and reproduction : a comparative study of the domestic domain /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goody, Jack
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 1976.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 17
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. The evolution of the domestic economy: the hoe and the plough
  • 2. The theory, the variables and a test
  • 3. Making causal inferences
  • 4. Farming, labour and sex
  • 5. Concubines and co-wives: the structure of roles in Africa and Eurasia
  • 6. Adoption in cross-cultural perspective
  • 7. Strategies of heirship
  • 8. Class and marriage
  • 9. Retrospect
  • Appendices
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.