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Cosmologies in the Making: A Generative Approach to Cultural Variation in ...

Fredrik Barth - History - 1987 - 116 pages
All culture, particularly that of non-literate traditions, is constantly being recreated, and in the process also undergoes changes. In this book, Fredrik Barth examines the ...
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Balinese Worlds

Fredrik Barth - Social Science - 1993 - 390 pages
In Balinese Worlds, Fredrik Barth proposes a new model for anthropological analysis of complex civilizations that is based on a fresh, synthetic account of culture and society ...
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The Last Wali of Swat: An Autobiography

Miangul Jahanzeb, Fredrik Barth - Swat (Pakistan) - 1985 - 216 pages
"The Wali of Swat was born nine years before his father carved out a centralized state in the stateless, unruly tribal area of the Swat Pathans on the borders of British India ...
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One Discipline, Four Ways: British, German, French, and American Anthropology

Fredrik Barth - Science - 2005 - 424 pages
"The first book-length introduction to the history of the four major traditions in anthropology". "Not only traces the development of each tradition but considers their impact ...
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The Role of the Entrepreneur in Social Change in Northern Norway

Fredrik Barth - Entrepreneurship - 1972 - 100 pages
This book attempts to analyze the role and effects of entrepreneurship in the social system of various local communities in Northern Norway.
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