Books by E. E. Evans-Pritchard

Originally published in 1948, this book presents the content of the Frazer Lecture in Social Anthropology for that year, which was delivered by E. E. Evans-Pritchard at Cambridge University. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in anthropology and the Nilotic peoples.

The Sir D. Owen Evans Lectures delivered at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, in 1962.

This acknowledged masterpiece has been abridged to make it more accessible to students. In her introduction, Eva Gillies presents the case for the relevance of the book to modern anthropologists.