WEEK ONE
Introduction to British Social Anthropology, and its general concerns: social stability vs. social change, the maintenance of order in society, resolution of conflicts, kinship and hierarchy, and the lines of causality among individual agents, society, and environment.
WEEK TWO
Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (1940) The Nuer : a description of the modes of livelihood and political institutions of a Nilotic people. Oxford, England, & New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
WEEK THREE
Turner, Victor W. (1957) Schism and continuity in an African society; a study of Ndembu village life.
Manchester, England: Published on behalf of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, Northern Rhodesia, by Manchester University Press.
WEEK FOUR
Bailey, F. G. (1960) Tribe, caste, and nation; a study of political activity and political change in highland Orissa. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press.
WEEK FIVE
Barth, Fredrik. (1965) Political leadership among Swat Pathans. London, England: University of London, Athlone Press; & New York, NY: Humanities Press.
WEEK SIX
Leach, Edmund R. (1954) Political systems of highland Burma; a study of Kachin social structure. London, England: London School of Economics and Political Science.
WEEK SEVEN
Cohen, Abner. (1965) Arab border-villages in Israel; a study of continuity and change in social organization. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press.
WEEK EIGHT
Frankenberg, Ronald. (1957) Village on the border; a social study of religion, politics and football in a North Wales community. London, England: Cohen & West.
WEEK NINE
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WEEK TEN
Discussion and review of the course.
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