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The Developmental Cycle in Domestic Groups Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Goody, Jack (Author), Goody (Author), Goody, Jack (Editor)
ISBN: 052109660X     ISBN-13: 9780521096607
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE:   $39.89  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: October 1971
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - General
- Social Science | Anthropology - Physical
Dewey: 301.421
LCCN: 78160087
Series: Cambridge Papers in Social Anthropology
Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6" W x 9" (0.52 lbs) 154 pages
 
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Social scientists, when making their studies of the structure of family groups, have often observed the current situation of a particular group of families and drawn conclusions from that static picture. Valuable as many of these conclusions may be, they are incomplete because they overlook the important fact that the structure of the family changes. These changes can be fitted into a developmental cycle in which the family or group changes in composition from its original two members to a larger group and finally two again. This book, originally published in 1958, is introduced by a substantial essay and reviews the papers collected here and discusses the theoretical background and implications of the use of the concept of the developmental cycle. The papers each demonstrate how the changing structure of the domestic group may be seen to explain otherwise obscure elements of the particular society.