Choice and Change: Essays in Honour of Lucy Mair by John Davis (English) Hardcov

Description: Choice and Change by John Davis This volume in honour of Professor Mair reflects the range of her interests, and those of the Department in which she taught, in many areas of social anthropology. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This volume in honour of Professor Mair reflects the range of her interests, and those of the Department in which she taught, in many areas of social anthropology, for it reports on research in Africa, Asia and the Mediterranean, on the tensions between tradition and modernity, between the individual and society, deviance and conformity, stability and conflict. The ambiguities of social change and the choices thus presented to individuals are examined in all the essays and issues of modem politics and development dominate most of them. Author Biography The contributors to Choice and Change: Essays in Honour of Lucy Mair, are: Pierre Alexandre, Jeremy Boissevain, John Davis, Maurice Freedman, Jean La Fontaine, Peter Loizos, David Seddon, Anne Sharman, Sandra Wallman and Paul Stirling. John Davis also edits the volume. Table of Contents 1. Lucy Mair 1 J. DAVIS 2. On some witches and a predicant 7 PIERRE ALEXANDRE 3. Conflict and change: establishment and opposition in Malta 17 JEREMY BOISSEVAIN 4- How they hid the red flag in Pisticci in 1923, and how it was betrayed 44 J. DAVIS 5. The politics of an old state: a view from the Chinese lineage 68 MAURICE FREEDMAN 6. The free women of Kinshasa: prostitution in a city in Zaire 89 7. The progress of Greek nationalism in Cyprus, 1878-1970 114 PETER LOIZOS 8. Aspects of underdevelopment and development in northeast Morocco 134 DAVID SEDDON 9. Land tenure and room for manoeuvre 161 ANNE SHARMAN 10. Cause, knowledge and change: Turkish village revisited 191 PAUL STIRLING 11. Status and the innovator 230 SANDRA WALLMAN Details ISBN1859738346 Language English ISBN-10 1859738346 ISBN-13 9781859738344 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 1974 Series LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology Subtitle Essays in Honour of Lucy Mair Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by John Davis Illustrations black & white illustrations Place of Publication London Series Number NO. Short Title CHOICE & CHANGE REV/E Edition Description Revised DOI 10.1604/9781859738344 UK Release Date 1974-01-01 Imprint Routledge AU Release Date 1974-01-01 NZ Release Date 1974-01-01 Author John Davis Pages 268 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 1974-01-01 Alternative 9780367716837 DEWEY 301 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159743595;

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