num_pages: 272
description: Both a critical history of anthropological theory and methods and a challenging essay in the sociology of science, The Invention of Primitive Society shows how anthropologists have tried to define the original form of human society.
language: English
title: The Invention of Primitive Society: Transformations of an Illusion
titlecomplete: The Invention of Primitive Society: Transformations of an Illusion
genres: Anthropology, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 15
publisher: Routledge