Description
| Product ID: | 9780415489072 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Death and the right hand |
| Authors: | Author: Robert Hertz, Rodney Needham, Claudia Needham |
| Page Count: | 180 |
| Subjects: | Social and cultural anthropology, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Anthropology, Physical anthropology |
| Description: | The historical value of Hertz's writings is that they are a representative example of the culmination of two centuries of development of sociological thought in France, from Montesquieu to Durkheim and his pupils. First published in English 1960. The historical value of Hertz''s writings is that they are a representative example of the culmination of two centuries of development of sociological thought in France, from Montesquieu to Durkheim and his pupils. In the intervening years since publication, that development has grown into the systematic comparative study of primitive institutions, based on a great body of ethnographic facts from all over the world: in effect social anthropology. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-10-10 |
