Crime and Custom in Savage Society (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Bronislaw Malinowski

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9780331883251: Crime and Custom in Savage Society (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0331883252 ISBN 13: 9780331883251

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The Circumstances under which this thesis came into being have also contributed towards its present form. The material was first prepared and the conclusions framed in response to an invitation from the Royal Institution Of Great Britain, before which a paper was read (on the Forces of Law and Order in a Primitive Community on Friday evening, 13th February, 1925. As often happens, I found myself with more material on my hands and many more conclusions framed than could be included in an hour's address. Some of these I have had the privilege of publishing in Nature (see Supplement.

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