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A wide-ranging and provocative new interpretation of the biological foundations of sociocultural evolution, this book is a challenge both to the extremes of sociobiology and to traditional sociological assumptions about human nature and modern societies.

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1. Humans are animals 2. The origins of human social structure 3. The origins of human culture 4. The first human society: hunters and gatherers 5. The cage of kinship: horticultural societies 6. The cage of power: agrarian societies 7. Breaking out of the social cage: industrial societies 8. The overly social conception of humans and society Bibliography Index.

The Social Cage

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    A Hardback by Alexandra Maryanski, Jonathan H. Turner

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      Publisher: MK - Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780804720021, 978-0804720021
      ISBN10: 0804720029

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A wide-ranging and provocative new interpretation of the biological foundations of sociocultural evolution, this book is a challenge both to the extremes of sociobiology and to traditional sociological assumptions about human nature and modern societies.

      Table of Contents
      1. Humans are animals 2. The origins of human social structure 3. The origins of human culture 4. The first human society: hunters and gatherers 5. The cage of kinship: horticultural societies 6. The cage of power: agrarian societies 7. Breaking out of the social cage: industrial societies 8. The overly social conception of humans and society Bibliography Index.

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