A black civilization
Subtitle: a social study of an Australian tribe
Edition: Rev. ed. By W. Lloyd Warner.
Series: Harper torchbooks--The University library -- TB3056
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1964
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 516
Subjects: Ethnology; Primitive societies
Notes: "The Torchbook edition omits pages 41-51 and 472-565 of the revised edition."
Table of contents: title: Murngin; title: Local organization; title: Family and kinship structure; title: Age grading; title: Primary adaptations and technology; title: Warfare; title: Murngin magic and medicine; title: Sociological interpretation of magic; title: Murngin totemism I; title: Murngin totemism II; title: Interpretation of Murngin totemism and of its ritual logics; title: Mortuary rites; title: Interpretation of Murngin death rituals-an integration of Murngin society; title: Social change in North Australia; title: Mahkarolla and Murngin society.