Island Networks: Communication, Kinship, and Classification Structures in Oceania
(Part of the Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences Series)
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Contrary to common perception and belief, most island societies of the Pacific were not isolated, but were connected to other island societies by relations of kinship and marriage, trade and tribute, language and history. Using network models from graph theory, the authors analyse the formation of island empires, the social basis of dialect groups, the emergence of economic and political centres, the evolution and devolution of social stratification...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:052155232X
ISBN13:9780521552325
Release Date:October 1996
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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