Books by Maurice Freedman

The essays included in Social Organization and Peasant Societies were written in honor of the man who taught their authors

The essays included in Social Organization and Peasant Societies were written in honor of the man who taught their authors

Takes the argument set out in "Lineage Organization in South-Eastern China" a step further. This book incorporates some of Professor Freedman's field data. The author seeks to analyse certain crucial institutions of Chinese society within the framework of contemporary anthropological theory.