Readings on premodern societies

by Lidz Victor M. Parsons, Talcott

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Full title :Readings on premodern societies / [compiled by] Victor Lidz [and] Talcott Parsons.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1972

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Publisher(s):Prentice Hall
Place of Publication:Englewood Cliffs, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:1972

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Description:vii, 353 pages : 23 cm.

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ISBN:0137619243, 9780137619245
oclc:ocm00402595
LC Classification:HM19
Dewey Decimal:301

Part 1. Introductory Readings: One. The protocultural foundations of human adaptation / A. Irving Hallowell -- Two. Religious evolution / Robert N. Bellah -- Three. The problem of structural change / Talcott Parsons -- Part 2. Primitive Societies: Four. Religion, totem, and symbolism / W.E.H. Stanner -- Five. Analysis of Purum kinship ties / Rodney Needham -- Six. Affinal ties, subsistence, and prestige among the coast salish / Wayne Suttles -- Seven. The political system of the Bemba tribe / Audrey I. Richards -- Part 3. Archaic Societies: Eight. Traditional authority / Max Weber -- Nine. The Egyptian pharoah: The Memphite theology / Henri Frankfort -- The King's person: Horus / Henri Frankfort -- Ten. Two aspects of the feudal period in ancient Egypt: The question of feudal institutions in ancient Egypt / William F. Edgerton -- The values of life in ancient Egypt / John A. Wilson -- Eleven. The theological aspect of Mesopotamian kingship / Henri Frankfort -- Twelve. Three aspects of Mesopotamian law: Legal and social institutions of the Babylonians and Assyrians / Sabatino Moscati -- Law and statecraft in Babylon / H.W.F. Saggs -- Courts and punishment in Babylon / G.R. Driver a…