North American Indian anthropology
Subtitle: essays on society and culture
By: edited by Raymond J. DeMallie and Alfonso Ortiz.
Contributors: DeMallie, Raymond J., 1946-; Ortiz, Alfonso, 1939-
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
Subjects: Eggan, Fred, 1906-; Indians of North America.; Ethnology -- United States.
Description: These essays explore the blending of structural and historical approaches to American Indian anthropology that characterizes the perspective developed by the late Fred Eggan and his students at the University of Chicago. They include studies of kinship and social organization, politics, religion, law, ethnicity, and art. Many reflect Eggan's method of controlled comparison, a tool for reconstructing social and cultural change over time.

Together these essays make substantial descriptive contributions to American Indian anthropology, presenting contemporary interpretations of diverse groups from the Hudson Bay Inuit in the north to the Highland Maya of Chiapas in the south. The collection will serve as an introduction to Native American social and cultural anthropology for readers interested in the dynamics of Indian social life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.