Toward Explaining Human Culture: A Critical Review of the Findings of Worldwide Cross-cultural ResearchHRAF Press, 1980 - 397 pages |
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... Marriage The details of marriage vary from society to society . Neverthe- less , most anthropologists feel that a broad , universally applicable definition of marriage is possible . Murdock ( 1949 : 1 ) defines mar- riage as " a complex ...
... Marriage The details of marriage vary from society to society . Neverthe- less , most anthropologists feel that a broad , universally applicable definition of marriage is possible . Murdock ( 1949 : 1 ) defines mar- riage as " a complex ...
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... marriage in a particular society . For the latter , these questions provide a framework for the development and testing of general theories of marriage : ( 1 ) Why is marriage universal ? ( 2 ) Who may marry whom ? ( 3 ) How often can one ...
... marriage in a particular society . For the latter , these questions provide a framework for the development and testing of general theories of marriage : ( 1 ) Why is marriage universal ? ( 2 ) Who may marry whom ? ( 3 ) How often can one ...
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... marriage . First , they find romantic love a basis for marriage more often in societies with non - neolocal postmarital residence ( Rosen- blatt 1967 : 476 ) . Rosenblatt reasons that in the non - neolocal situa- tion , romantic love ...
... marriage . First , they find romantic love a basis for marriage more often in societies with non - neolocal postmarital residence ( Rosen- blatt 1967 : 476 ) . Rosenblatt reasons that in the non - neolocal situa- tion , romantic love ...
Contents
Overview | 3 |
Defining Cultural Evolution | 23 |
The Effects of Cultural Evolution | 31 |
Copyright | |
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