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Individual and society in Guiana : a comparative study of Amerindian social organization / Peter Rivière.

Title
Individual and society in Guiana : a comparative study of Amerindian social organization / Peter Rivière.
Author
Rivière, Peter.
Publication
Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984.

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Description
vii, 127 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; 51
Uniform Title
Cambridge studies in social anthropology ; no. 51.
Subject
  • Estructura social > Guayana
  • Indios del Caribe, Area del > Condiciones sociales
  • Indians of South America > Guiana > Social conditions
  • Carib Indians > Social conditions
  • Social structure > Guiana
  • Indiens d'Amérique > Guyanes > Conditions sociales
  • Caraïbes (Indiens) > Conditions sociales
  • Structure sociale > Guyanes
  • Social structure
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 115-120.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Peoples and approaches -- The settlement pattern: size, duration, and distribution -- Village composition -- The categories of social classification -- Aspects of social relationships -- Autonomy and dependency -- The individual in society -- Guiana society and the wider context.
ISBN
  • 0521264537
  • 9780521264532
  • 0521269970 (pbk.)
  • 9780521269971 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^84007691^
OCLC
  • 10724182
  • SCSB-10412856
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library