Totemism and exogamy : a treatise on certain early forms of superstition and society

Frazer, James George

London : MacMillan, 1910

Volume 1 

Volume 2 

Volume 3 

Volume 4 

The migration of symbols

Goblet d'Alviella, Eugène


London : Constable and Co, 1894


This is a study of the migration and mutation of symbols by a late 19th century Belgian lawyer and scholar, Count Goblet d'Alviella (b. 1846, d. 1925). Originally published in 1891 in French, this book covers a huge web of interchangeable symbols, which are found over a wide range of cultures through the Near East, India, Europe, and further abroad, notably in Mesoamerica.

Frontiers and Ghettos : State Violence in Serbia and Israel

Ron, James
Berkeley :  University of California Press, 2003

"James Ron uses controversial comparisons between Serbia and Israel to present a novel theory of state violence. Formerly a research consultant to Human Rights Watch and the International Red Cross, Ron witnessed remarkably different patterns of state coercion. Frontiers and Ghettos presents an institutional approach to state violence, drawing on Ron's field research in the Middle East, Balkans, Chechnya, Turkey, and Africa, as well as dozens of rare interviews with military veterans, officials, and political activists on all sides. Studying violence from the ground up, the book develops an exciting new framework for analyzing today's nationalist wars."Publisher description

Socialization as Cultural Communication : Development of a Theme in the Work of Margaret Mead

Schwartz, Theodore, editor
Berkeley :  University of California Press,1976

"This book develops but one central theme from Margaret Mead's work—the processes of cultural transmission. In keeping with the interdisciplinary focus of Ethos and with the interdisciplinary relevance of Margaret Mead's work, scholars of diverse fields—anthropology, sociology, psychology, psychiatry, and primatology—were invited to contribute articles on suggested topics related to the theme of socialization as cultural communication." Theodore Schwartz

Circumstantial Deliveries

Needham, Rodney
Berkeley : University of California Press, 1981

"The essays that follow have a common character in that they all implicate what I take to be central notions in the comparative interpretation of human experience. It is not by way of collateral lapses that these matters recur in one essay after another. Their intrinsic importance, rather, is displayed by the very fact that disquisitions on various topics should converge, as the examination probes deeper, on a common set of concerns."The author