About this title: Modern anthropology would be radically different without this book. Published in 1871, this first major study of kinship, inventive and wide-ranging, created a new field of inquiry in anthropology. Drawing partly upon his own fieldwork among American Indians, anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan examined the kinship systems of over one hundred ...
read more
Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below.
Description: Very Good. } Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: *Helping and promoting global literacy since 1961* thick quarto, 590 pp. + plates; hardcover, ex library, else text clean & binding tight. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780803282308ISBN:0803282303
Description: Near fine. Size: 10.9 x 8.4 x 1.2 inches; Remainder mark, else fine in publisher's decorated wrappers. Available in our UK premises for prompt dispatch worldwide. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Smithsonian,, Washington:
Date Published: 1871.
Description: Very Good Plus. 14 plates. Folio, pp. xii, 590, green binder's buckram (a light scuff to front cover & spine; bkpl.; ink number on front flyleaf; 2 handstamps to volume title; small stain to upper margin of several pp., not near text; short marginal tear to 2 leaves). This is the complete volume: Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Vol. XVII. ***International shipping will be extra on this large book. *** read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 01/06/1997
ISBN-13:9780803282308ISBN:0803282303
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780803282308ISBN:0803282303
Description: Modern anthropology would be radically different without this book. Published in 1871, this first major study of kinship, inventive and wide-ranging, created a new field of inquiry in anthropology. Drawing partly upon his own fieldwork among American... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-13:9780803282308ISBN:0803282303
Description: Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. Modern anthropology would be radically different without this book. Published in 1871, this first major study of kinship, inventive and wide-ranging, created a new field of inquiry in anthropology. Drawing partly upon his own fieldwork among American Indians, anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan examined the kinship systems of over one hundred ... read more
Binding: Olive Cloth
Publisher: Humanities Press, New York
Date Published: 1966
Description: Very Good Plus. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 590 pp. + 14 pp. plates. Cover barely worn at corners. Spine sunned, including gilt. A round mark at upper front corner may indicate a sticker had been present. Fep has tiny bookstore sticker. T.p. indicates "Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge. #218" and opposite the t.p. is facsimile of orig. t.p. dated 1871. This edition, a "photomechanic reprint, " originated at Anthropologial Publications, Oosterhout N.B. -The Netherlands, 1966. An added sticker ... read more
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
