Palms, Wine, and Witnesses: Public Spirit and Private Gain in an African Farming Community
San Francisco, CA: Chandler Pulishing Company, 1972. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. xii, 113, [1] p 23 cm. Illustrations. Map. Notes. Biblioigraphy. Index. This is one of the "Studies in Social and Economic Change". From an on-line posting: "David Parkin is Professor Emeritus of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford, England, having spent many years previously at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, where he is now an Honorary Professor. He specialises in medical anthropology, cross-cultural semantics, and socio-cultural evolution. His field area is eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean littoral. He is now Visiting Professor and part of the research team at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, investigating medical diversity." Condition: Good. Highlighting/underlining. Signed by previous owner. A small amount of yellow highlighting noted.
Keywords: Agnation, Capitalism, Bridewealth, Copra, Kinship, Diviner, Gerontocracy, Giriama, Intergenerational Relations, Mbari, Mijikenda, Palm Wine, Taskani
ISBN: 9780810204522
[Book #67614]
Price: $15.00