Title: Other cultures; aims, methods and achievements in social anthropology.
Authors: Beattie, John.
Publisher: Free Press of Glencoe,
Year: 1964
Subjects: Ethnology.; Ethnology
Contents: Introduction and background -- Social anthropology and some other sciences of man -- What social anthropologists study: the need for theory -- Explanation in social anthropology: social function and social structure -- Beliefs and values -- Fieldwork -- Kinship -- Marriage and affinity -- Social control: political organization -- Social control: law and social sanctions -- Economic and property relations -- The field of ritual: magic -- The field of ritual: religion -- Social change -- Conclusion and assessment.