National Anthropological Archives

MS 7027 Letter to George Peter Murdock replying to criticism of two early papers by Swanton

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS7027
Creators:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Murdock, George Peter, 1897-1985
Dates:
June 21, 1931
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
3 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Criticism appeared in "Correlations of matrilineal and patrilineal Institutions" and seems to have been based on the idea that Swanton held a "bilateral-patrilateral-matrilateral theory of social evolution."

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Citation
Manuscript 7027, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers
NAA MS 7027

Local Note

Local Note
typescript document


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