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How kinship and family began—and why it matters today
This scholarly study dives into the origins of the family, showing how early groups built kinship, inheritance, and social duties. Written for readers of anthropology and social history, it weaves comparative research with vivid cultural examples to explain how family life shapes communities.
Starcke surveys kinship across regions and times, from Australia to Asia and Europe, to trace how lines of descent, marriage, and property influenced early social order. The work blends critical analysis with a careful use of historical and ethnographic evidence, aiming to illuminate the germ of moral and social development in family life.
What you will encounter:
- Clear explanations of kinship, lineage, and how groups organize themselves around family ties.
- Cross-cultural case studies that illustrate different paths of social change in the primitive family.
- Discussion of concepts like the levirate, inheritance, and the movement between clan and family.
- A framework for understanding how early family ideas influenced later moral and social growth.
Ideal for readers of anthropology, history, and social science who want a rigorous, readable look at the origins of the family and its role in human development.
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