Kamilaroi and Kurnai : group-marriage and relationship, and marriage by elopement : drawn chiefly fr...
Kamilaroi and Kurnai : group-marriage and relationship, and marriage by elopement : drawn chiefly fr...
Kamilaroi and Kurnai : group-marriage and relationship, and marriage by elopement : drawn chiefly from the usage of the Australian Aborigines : also the Kurnai tribe, their customs in peace and war / by Lorimer Fison and A. W. Howitt ; with an introduction by Lewis H. Morgan.
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Canberra, Australia : Aboriginal Studies Press, 1991.
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English
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1 online resource (380 p.)
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text
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computer
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online resource
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CONTENTS; PREFATORY NOTE; KAMILAROI MARRIAGE, DESCENT, AND RELATIONSHIP; GROUP MARRIAGE AND RELATIONSHIP; THE KURNAI, THEIR CUSTOMS IN PEACE AND WAR; THEORY OF THE KURNAI SYSTEM; SUMMARY AND GENERAL CONCLUSIONS
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Canberra, Australia : Aboriginal Studies Press, 1991.
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1991.
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A 'landmark in Australian anthropology' when it first appeared in 1880, this is the first major analysis of Aboriginal social structure, adopting a model today termed 'social Darwinist'. While this theory is now rejected, it exerted tremendous influence on European attitudes for decades. Kamilaroi and Kurnai is of particular relevance to Koories of...
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Kamilaroi and Kurnai : group-marriage and relationship, and marriage by elopement : drawn chiefly from the usage of the Australian Aborigines : also the Kurnai tribe, their customs in peace and war / by Lorimer Fison and A. W. Howitt ; with an introduction by Lewis H. Morgan.
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Includes index.
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English
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©1991
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74VK3ekOvPwy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3ekOvPwy
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0-85575-564-4
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306.0899915 306/.0899915
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991023937092502626
