Merlin G. Myers (1923–91) was a professor of anthropology at Brigham Young University. The late Fred Eggan was an eminent anthropologist of the twentieth century who is especially noted for his studies of Native Americans in the Southwest and of Philippine tribal culture. M. Sam Cronk is a lecturer at Indiana University and a coauthor of Visions of Sound: Musical Instruments of First Nation Communities in Northeastern America.

""In a large literature, this book is the only example of structural-functional analysis in the British social anthropology mode of the 1950s. . . . It is a good book, and its detailed analysis of the household group and its relationship to matrilineal organization is a lasting contribution.""—Choice

• PART I Chapter 1; Introduction PART II Chapter 2; The Household; Chapter 3; Some Economic Features of the Household Group; Chapter 4; Composition of the Household Group PART III Chapter 5; Some Politico-Jural & Ritual Aspects of Matrilineal Descent; Chapter 6; Kinship and Marriage; Chapter 7; Summary & Conclusion

Merlin G. Myers (1923–91) was a professor of anthropology at Brigham Young University. The late Fred Eggan was an eminent anthropologist of the twentieth century who is especially noted for his studies of Native Americans in the Southwest and of Philippine tribal culture. M. Sam Cronk is a lecturer at Indiana University and a coauthor of Visions of Sound: Musical Instruments of First Nation Communities in Northeastern America.

""In a large literature, this book is the only example of structural-functional analysis in the British social anthropology mode of the 1950s. . . . It is a good book, and its detailed analysis of the household group and its relationship to matrilineal organization is a lasting contribution.""—Choice

• PART I Chapter 1; Introduction PART II Chapter 2; The Household; Chapter 3; Some Economic Features of the Household Group; Chapter 4; Composition of the Household Group PART III Chapter 5; Some Politico-Jural & Ritual Aspects of Matrilineal Descent; Chapter 6; Kinship and Marriage; Chapter 7; Summary & Conclusion

Merlin G. Myers (1923–91) was a professor of anthropology at Brigham Young University. The late Fred Eggan was an eminent anthropologist of the twentieth century who is especially noted for his studies of Native Americans in the Southwest and of Philippine tribal culture. M. Sam Cronk is a lecturer at Indiana University and a coauthor of Visions of Sound: Musical Instruments of First Nation Communities in Northeastern America.

""In a large literature, this book is the only example of structural-functional analysis in the British social anthropology mode of the 1950s. . . . It is a good book, and its detailed analysis of the household group and its relationship to matrilineal organization is a lasting contribution.""—Choice

• PART I Chapter 1; Introduction PART II Chapter 2; The Household; Chapter 3; Some Economic Features of the Household Group; Chapter 4; Composition of the Household Group PART III Chapter 5; Some Politico-Jural & Ritual Aspects of Matrilineal Descent; Chapter 6; Kinship and Marriage; Chapter 7; Summary & Conclusion