ISBN:
9780511759130
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xx, 296 pages)
Series Statement:
Structural analysis in the social sciences 11
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DDC:
306.099
Keywords:
Alltag, Brauchtum
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Mathematisches Modell
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Ethnology / Oceania / Mathematical models
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Structural anthropology / Oceania
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Graph theory
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Kinship / Oceania / Mathematical models
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Social networks / Oceania / Mathematical models
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Soziales Netzwerk
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Kommunikation
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Oceania / Social life and customs / Mathematical models
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Ozeanien
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Ozeanien
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Kommunikation
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Ozeanien
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Soziales Netzwerk
Abstract:
Contrary to common perception and belief, most island societies of the Pacific were not isolated, but were connected to other island societies by relations of kinship and marriage, trade and tribute, language and history. Using network models from graph theory, the authors analyse the formation of island empires, the social basis of dialect groups, the emergence of economic and political centres, the evolution and devolution of social stratification and the evolution of kinship terminologies, marriage systems and descent groups from common historical prototypes. The book is at once a unique and important contribution to Oceania studies, anthropology and social network analysis
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Island networks and graphs -- 2. Trees -- 3. The minimum spanning tree problem -- 4. Search trees: I -- 5. Search trees: II -- 6. Centrality -- 7. Dominating sets -- 8. Digraphs -- 9. Conclusion
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511759130
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