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The mountain of names : a history of the human family
- Title
- The mountain of names : a history of the human family / by Alex Shoumatoff.
- Author
- Shoumatoff, Alex.
- Publication
- New York : Simon and Schuster, ©1985.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | GN487 .S56 1985 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 318 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- The author scales the mountain of names, the great pyramid of ancestry and relationship that unites all human beings.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 295-303.
- Contents
- PART I: A HISTORY OF THE HUMAN FAMILY: The need for kinship -- Traditional kinship -- Stratification and pedigrees -- Types of inheritance -- The aristocracies of Europe -- The rise of modern individualism -- New patterns of American kinship -- The return to kinship -- PART II: THE MOUNTAIN OF NAMES: The kinship of mankind -- The mountain of names.
- ISBN
- 0671494406
- 9780671494407
- 0679731903
- 9780679731900
- LCCN
- 85002053
- OCLC
- ocm11783977
- 11783977
- SCSB-640496
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library