American Anthropology, 1946-1970

Robert F. Murphy was a professor of anthropology at Columbia University. His books include The Body Silent and The Dialectics of Social Life: Alarms and Excursions in Anthropological Theory.

• Introduction: A Quarter Century of American Anthropology Robert F. Murphy; The Scope of Linguistics C. F. Voegelin and Z. S. Harris; The Definition and Prohibition of Incest Leslie A. White; Cultural Causality and Law: A Trial Formulation of the Development of Early Civilizations Julian H. Steward; Navaho and Zuni Veterans: A Study of Contrasting Modes of Culture Change John Adair and Evon Vogt; Witchcraft in Four African Societies: An Essay in Comparison S. F. Nadel; The Structure of Unilineal Descent Groups Meyer Fortes; Method and Theory in American Archeology: An Operational Basis for Culture-Historical Integration Philip Phillips and Gordon R. Willey; Social Anthropology and the Method of Controlled Comparison Fred Eggan; A Problem in Malayo-Polynesian Social Organization Ward H. Goodenough; Types of Latin American Peasantry: A Preliminary Discussion Eric R. Wolf; The Nature of Deference and Demeanor Erving Goffman; Ecologic Relationships of Ethnic Groups in Swat, North Pakistan Fredrik Barth; Ritual and Social Change: A Javanese Example Clifford Geertz; The Meaning of Kinship Terms Anthony F. C. Wallace and John Atkins; The Community as Object and as Sample Conrad M. Arensberg; Cultural Ecology and Ethnography Charles O. Frake; Refocusing on the Neanderthal Problem C. Loring Brace; The Concept of Race Ashley Montagu; Earth-Diver: Creation of the Mythopoeic Male Alan Dundes; Descent and Symbolic Filiation Sally Falk Moore; Peasant Society and the Image of Limited Good George M. Foster; Anemic and Emetic Analyses in Social Anthropology Gerald D. Berreman