Island Networks
Communication, Kinship, and Classification Structures in Oceania
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ISBN-13:
9780521033213
Veröffentl:
2006
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
19.12.2006
Seiten:
320
Autor:
Per Hage
Gewicht:
522 g
Format:
229x152x19 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Contrary to common perception and belief, most island societies of the Pacific were not isolated, but were connected to other island societies by relations of kinship and marriage, trade and tribute, language and history. Using network models from graph theory, the authors analyse the formation of island empires, the social basis of dialect groups, the emergence of economic and political centres, the evolution and devolution of social stratification and the evolution of kinship terminologies, marriage systems and descent groups from common historical prototypes. The book is at once a unique and important contribution to Oceania studies, anthropology and social network analysis.
List of figures, tables, and maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Island networks and graphs; 2. Trees; 3. The minimum spanning tree problem; 4. Search trees I; 5. Search trees II; 6. Centrality; 7. Dominating sets; 8. Digraphs; 9. Conclusion; References; Index.
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