Project Gutenberg 2005-12-28 Public domain in the USA. 188 Thomas, Northcote Whitridge 1868 1936 07028949 Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Julia Miller, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia" by Northcote Whitridge Thomas is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book explores the intricate kinship structures and marriage practices among Australian Aboriginal societies, focusing specifically on totem kins, phratries, and the dynamics of group marriage. The text serves as a comprehensive examination intended to deepen understanding of the social fabric of these communities and encourage further research in this area of anthropology. The opening of the work establishes the author's intent to provide an in-depth survey of Australian kinship systems, distinguishing between various forms of social organisation based on birth rather than individual choice. Thomas discusses the persistence of the family system alongside tribal structures and highlights the complexity of kinship definitions, emphasizing the importance of both physiological and sociological factors in understanding these relationships. He outlines the significance of totem kins and the regulatory role they play in marriage prohibitions, setting the stage for a detailed analysis of kinship terms and their implications for social structures in Australia. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ethnology -- Australia Tribes Aboriginal Australians -- Kinship Kinship Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs Marriage -- History Consanguinity GN Text Australia Anthropology Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Sociology 621608 621278 2024-09-07T13:50:17.274112 2023-09-08T05:43:23.963520 text/html text/html 598932 2005-12-27T17:44:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 635999 2006-01-01T13:35:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 796393 2024-09-07T13:50:33.924520 application/epub+zip 802268 2024-09-07T13:50:21.661070 application/epub+zip 236856 2024-09-07T13:50:19.789100 application/epub+zip 1184494 2024-09-07T13:50:42.269459 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1086187 2024-09-07T13:50:32.192560 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354932 2022-09-08T10:55:47.288805 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 396944 2024-09-07T13:50:14.502109 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 396453 2006-01-01T13:35:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 134485 2006-01-01T13:35:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 396818 2005-12-27T17:44:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 134555 2006-01-01T13:35:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 396864 2005-12-27T17:44:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 134485 2006-01-01T13:35:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23363 2024-09-07T13:50:42.464454 application/rdf+xml 24325 2024-09-07T13:50:20.308074 image/jpeg 4933 2024-09-07T13:50:20.045084 image/jpeg 734871 2024-09-07T13:50:17.336110 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog